Alternatives

Products that do what Replacing VMs with bare-metal Containers does

1VQ
Vas-quod – A minimal Linux container runtime written in Rust▲110
2020 · github.com
2SB
slim - Build micro-vms from Dockerfiles▲14
2019 · github.com
3ZC
Zero-configiration systemd containers▲28
2015 · github.com
4DB
Docker-based immutable workstation▲155
2019 · github.com
5VV
Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs▲198
2021 · github.com
6AB
A Build System for Packaging Applications in LXC Containers▲105
2018 · flockport.com
7SM
Serverless meets Microservices▲191
2016 · blog.leveros.com
8TA
Teal – a serverless VM and programming language▲63
2020 · condense9.com
9AS
A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120
2017 · github.com
10AM
A minimal stack based VM in C▲60
2020 · github.com
11SV
Simple virtual machine, assembler, and C compiler▲99
2016 · github.com
12PB
Plash – Build and run containers▲66
2018 · github.com
13A1
A 16-bit Forth machine written in VHDL▲80
2014 · github.com
14TA
termwm: A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal▲66
2018 · gitlab.com
15SA
Solid, a scripting language with a tiny VM▲63
2013 · github.com
16MO
Minimalist Object Storage Project▲33
2015 · github.com
17TA
Transient – A tool for creating VMs for testing and development▲17
2020 · github.com
18DO
Demo of live container migration using Virtualbox, Vagrant and ShutIt▲25
2015 · zwischenzugs.wordpress.com
19BL
Bender – Let's Standardize Serverless ETL▲52
2017 · engblog.nextdoor.com
20XV
Xs-vm – A small virtual machine written in Python▲34
2015 · gedrap.github.io
21GA
Goto – A Linux shell 'cd' replacement tool▲26
2015 · github.com
22DA
Dit – A new kind of container file for standardizing data▲19
2020 · github.com
23GM
GhostVM – macOS containers on Apple Silicon▲7
Mar 2026 · ghostvm.org
24WA
Writing a VM for a Small Stack-Base Language in Pointless▲12
2020 · ptls.dev

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