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Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines
Promising lightweight VM tool, but ecosystem and maturity not yet ready to replace mainstream solutions
5.9Overall
Utility6
Onboarding5
Craft6
Niche fit7
Longevity5
Five dimensions scored independently; overall is a weighted average. Scores are only comparable within this same rubric.
Good for
Developers needing fast lightweight VMs/edge computing scenarios
Not for
Teams requiring stable enterprise-grade virtualization
Project description
github.com
Alternatives
FirecrackerQEMUMicroVM