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smolvmkrunvm
Free

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

 Free

Free to use from its GitHub repository.

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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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