Building a unikernel that runs WebAssembly – part 1

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  1. unikraft

    A next-generation cloud native kernel designed to unlock best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.

    You should also probably check out Unikraft (https://unikraft.org) , supports many languages/apps, x86/ARM64 and QEMU/Firecracker. Is also able to run an ELF built under Linux as a unikernel (see https://unikraft.org/guides/bincompat). Discord is at https://unikraft.org/discord .

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  3. nanos

    A kernel designed to run one and only one application in a virtualized environment

    A couple unikernel projects that caught my eye in the past may be of interest to you. I have no experience with them, so I can't speak to their quality though.

    https://unikraft.org/

    https://github.com/nanovms/nanos

  4. ops-examples

    A repository of basic and advanced examples using Ops

    Nanos runs not just go but pretty much any language you want to throw at it:

    https://github.com/nanovms/ops-examples .

  5. profiles

    Profiles proposal (by WebAssembly)

    This is the repo for the "profiles" feature by which we will define standard subsets:

    https://github.com/webassembly/profiles

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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