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smolvm

A replacement for Docker focused on better isolation and more lightweight resource utilization. It is an embeddable sandbox, positioned as "the sqlite of VMs".

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01 / The problem

What it addresses

Existing container solutions like Docker lack stronger isolation and use more resources than necessary.

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  1. smolvm

    A replacement for Docker focused on better isolation and more lightweight resource utilization. It is an embeddable sandbox, positioned as "the sqlite of VMs".

    Problem: Existing container solutions like Docker lack stronger isolation and use more resources than necessary.

    Posted by @binsquare · Original comment ↗

    “Building a replacement for docker focused on better isolation and more lightweight resource utilization. It's a sandbox that you can embed ala the sqlite of VM's.”
  2. smol machines

    A sandboxing primitive that works locally and remotely to enable "branchable compute": users can checkpoint, branch, and roll back entire virtual machines, like git but applied to the whole computer.

    Posted by @binsquare · Original comment ↗

    “I'm building smol machines, a new sandboxing primitive that works locally/remotely to introduce "branchable compute".”