Rank #1,198 6,760 starsRust

smolvm

by smol-machines (organization)

An embeddable, portable, branchable virtual machine to safely run Agents locally. (description from the project’s GitHub page)

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Stars: 6,760
Forks: 333
Open issues and pull requests: 84
Primary language: Rust
License: Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
Owner: smol-machines · Organization
Created: Dec 18, 2025
Last push: Oct 18, 2026

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