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1firecracker-microvm / firecrackerSecure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.RustApache-2.0 · Permissive37,865

2v8 / v8The official mirror of the V8 Git repositoryC++License not declared25,317

3foxlet / macOS-Simple-KVMTools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.ShellLicense not declared13,934

4aalhour / awesome-compilers:sunglasses: Curated list of awesome resources on Compilers, Interpreters and RuntimesLicense not declared9,955

5orbstack / orbstackFast, light, simple Docker containers & Linux machinesShellMIT · Permissive9,509

6canonical / multipassMultipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instancesC++GPL-3.0 · Share derivative source9,335

7kata-containers / kata-containersKata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/RustApache-2.0 · Permissive9,092

8insidegui / VirtualBuddyVirtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, VirtualBuddy is a virtual machine GUI for macOS M1, M2, M3, M4SwiftBSD-2-Clause · Permissive8,929

9wasm3 / wasm3🚀 A fast WebAssembly interpreter and the most universal WASM runtimeCMIT · Permissive8,078

10smol-machines / smolvmAn embeddable, portable, branchable virtual machine to safely run Agents locally.RustApache-2.0 · Permissive6,961

11CalebFenton / simplifyAndroid virtual machine and deobfuscatorJavaLicense not declared4,677

12marcobambini / gravityGravity Programming LanguageCMIT · Permissive4,591

13arcboxlabs / arcboxRun AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <100ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.RustApache-2.0 · Permissive4,253

14bostrot / wslmanagerGUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and configure distros without CLI flags; AI assistant with tools, MCP server for agents, remote WSL over SSH.DartLicense not declared4,056

15ExTV / PodroidA rootless Android app that boots Alpine Linux: run containers (Podman/Docker/LXC) and GUI desktop apps.KotlinGPL-2.0 · Share derivative source3,744

16eclipse-openj9 / openj9Eclipse OpenJ9: A Java Virtual Machine for OpenJDK that's optimized for small footprint, fast start-up, and high throughput. Builds on Eclipse OMR (https://github.com/eclipse/omr) and combines with the Extensions for OpenJDK for OpenJ9 repo.JavaLicense not declared3,548

17quickjs-zh / QuickJSQuickJS is a small and embeddable JavaScript engine that supports ES2020 specifications, including modules, async generators, and proxies.CLicense not declared3,522

18apache / cloudstackApache CloudStack is an opensource Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platformJavaApache-2.0 · Permissive3,128

19cksystemsteaching / selfieAn educational software system of a tiny self-compiling C compiler, a tiny self-executing RISC-V emulator, and a tiny self-hosting RISC-V hypervisor.Jupyter NotebookBSD-2-Clause · Permissive2,534

20risc0 / risc0RISC Zero is a zero-knowledge verifiable general computing platform based on zk-STARKs and the RISC-V microarchitecture.C++Apache-2.0 · Permissive2,212