SMRTR ProgrammingFeb 16, 2026Hacker News

An attempt to make MicroVMs more accessible (SmolVM – Python SDK)

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SmolVM is a microVM runtime that provides hardware-virtualized isolation for executing untrusted code, specifically designed for AI agents. Using Firecracker on Linux or QEMU on macOS, it offers sub-second boot times, automatic networking, and a Python SDK. Unlike containers sharing the host kernel, SmolVM creates KVM-backed microVMs with stronger security boundaries for running LLM-generated code safely.

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