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BareMetal for Firecracker

6 starsAssembly

A 6KB x86-64 kernel for Firecracker microVMs

by ianseyler·Jun 24, 2026·4 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

●●●BangerWizardryNiche Gem

Sub-millisecond cold start (100µs init + 700µs kernel) for Firecracker microVMs.

Strengths
  • 100µs init time from Firecracker handoff to kernel start is verifiable.
  • Runs with only 2MiB RAM assigned per microVM instance.
  • Written in x86-64 Assembly with included webserver and hello examples.
Weaknesses
  • Niche audience limited to Firecracker users and systems programmers.
  • Five stars suggests limited community adoption so far.
Target Audience

Systems programmers and cloud infrastructure engineers

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