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smolvmLima
Free

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

 Free

Free and open source under Apache 2.0, a CNCF project.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Hardware isolation for each workload in a lightweight microVM
  • Runs on macOS, Linux and Windows
  • Automatic file sharing and port forwarding, so the VM feels like part of the host
  • Runs containerd, Docker, Podman and Kubernetes, not just one of them
  • Aimed at developers rather than desktop virtualization users
  • Runs Linux guests only
  • Command-line only; there is no graphical management interface
  • Linux guests only
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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