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smol-machines / smolvm

An embeddable, portable, branchable virtual machine to safely run Agents locally.

Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does

What it does

Embed lightweight virtual machines into your software, portable dev environments, and local sandboxing.

Get started

No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)

Maintenance
Active
Last commit today
Stars
7,094
+136 this week
Licence
Apache-2.0
Allows business use
Downloads for
3 systems
Mac, Windows, Linux
Latest version
v1.34.0
Released 4 days ago
Built with
Rust
92% of the code

Is it looked after?

Contributors
10
Last 90 days
Issues
89% closed
34 still open
Pull requests
1,559 merged
68 waiting
Releases
195
30+ in the last year

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More: download files, languages, topics and project record

Download files, v1.34.0

  • Mac1 file, 108 downloads
  • Windows1 file, 49 downloads
  • Linux2 files, 198 downloads

All files on GitHub (opens in new tab)

Languages

  • Rust 92%
  • Shell 6%
  • Python 1%
  • C <1%

Topics

  • containers
  • crun
  • libkrun
  • microvm
  • rust
  • virtual-machine
  • agent-sandbox
  • ai-agents
  • code-execution
  • llm
  • sandbox
  • virtualization

Project record

  • JobOther AI tools
  • StatusListed
  • Commits2,193
  • Forks361
  • Watching15
  • Stars in 28 days+368
  • CreatedDec 18, 2025
  • First seen by usNov 7, 2026
  • CheckedNov 12, 2026

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