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krunvmsmolvm
Free

Free to use from its GitHub repository.

 Free

The smolvm runtime is free and open source; the separate smol cloud service includes $10…

macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Builds microVMs directly from OCI images
  • Fast boot with a small footprint
  • Hardware isolation for each workload in a lightweight microVM
  • Runs on macOS, Linux and Windows
  • Command-line only
  • Depends on libkrun and buildah being installed
  • Aimed at developers rather than desktop virtualization users
  • Runs Linux guests only
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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