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smolvm v1.0.0, released by BinBin (binsquares) on 2026-06-06, is a small, fast VM…

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smolvm v1.0.0, released by BinBin (binsquares) on 2026-06-06, is a small, fast VM that supports forking live VMs in under 100ms with all processes cloned and running; native cross-platform support for macOS and Linux and a demo showing a counter continuing on a clone underpin the claim it could become a new deployment primitive.

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Binbin has been quietly cooking on something very powerful this batch: a small, fast VM with container-like ergonomics that runs everywhere.

I think it has the potential to become a new primitive for deploying software

BinBin (@binsquares)

smolvm has hit stable release: v1.0.0!

You can now fork smolvm.

It means you can fork to create virtual machines off of an existing one in less than 100ms, with all the processes cloned and running.

smolvm is the first to have this feature + cross platform compatibility (macOS and linux natively).

Here's a demo of a counter continuing on a forked clone while I only started it on the original!

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— https://nitter.net/binsquares/status/2063031742051786849#m