microvm-nix / microvm.nix
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A Nix flake that builds NixOS systems as MicroVMs and runs them on several hypervisors on NixOS/Linux or macOS.
Why you might care
It offers a more isolated alternative to nixos-container, with MicroVMs runnable as Nix packages or declarative/imperative systemd services. Users can choose among eight hypervisors, including qemu, cloud-hypervisor, and firecracker, and use a read-only squashfs or erofs root disk.
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LanguageNix
LicenseMIT
Created2021-06-24 (5y ago)
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GitHub topics
cloud-hypervisorcrosvmfirecrackerflakeflakeskvmtoolmicrovmmicrovmsnixnix-flakenixosqemuvirtualization
Links
- GitHub: github.com/microvm-nix/microvm.nix
- Homepage: https://microvm-nix.github.io/microvm.nix/
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