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Description

Lightweight microVM runtime by AWS, designed for containers and functions.

Key Features

microVM — KVM-based lightweight virtualization
Fast boot — 125ms to start a VM
Small footprint — 5MiB minimum
Secure — Hardware-level isolation
Cloud-native — Powers Lambda/Fargate

Use Cases

💡 Build multi-tenant code execution sandboxes.

💡 Provide microVMs for FaaS platforms.

💡 Research serverless sandbox tech.

Quick Start

# Install and run
git clone https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker.git
cd firecracker && tools/devtool build

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