Cloud Hypervisor
Execution SandboxOpen source · Apache-2.0 OR MIT★ 6,285（2026-10-04）Self-hosted
KVM-based Rust VMM built on rust-vmm, dual-licensed Apache-2.0 / MIT.
Cloud Hypervisor is a KVM-based virtual machine monitor written in Rust on top of the rust-vmm crates, dual-licensed Apache-2.0 OR MIT; it targets cloud workloads with CPU/memory/device hotplug, Windows and Linux guests, and vhost-user device offload, all with a deliberately small attack surface.
Key facts
| Category | Execution Sandbox |
|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Language | Rust |
| Self-hosted | Yes |
| GitHub stars | 6,285 (2026-10-04) |
| Last push | 2026-10-04 |
| Last verified | 2026-10-04 |
| Repository | https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor |
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