Welcome to hvisor!

hvisor is a lightweight Type-1 virtual machine monitor written in Rust, offering efficient resource management and low-overhead virtualization performance.

Features

  1. Cross-platform support: Supports multiple architectures including AARCH64, RISC-V, and LoongArch.
  2. Lightweight: Focuses on core virtualization features, avoiding unnecessary complexity found in traditional virtualization solutions, suitable for resource-constrained environments.
  3. Efficient: Runs directly on hardware without going through an OS layer, providing near-native performance.
  4. Security: Rust is known for its memory safety and concurrent programming model, helping to reduce common system-level programming errors such as memory leaks and data races.
  5. Fast startup: Designed to be simple with a short startup time, suitable for scenarios that require rapid deployment of virtualization.

Main Functions

  1. Virtual Machine Management: Provides basic management functions for creating, starting, stopping, and deleting virtual machines.
  2. Resource Allocation and Isolation: Supports efficient allocation and management of CPU, memory, and I/O devices, using virtualization technology to ensure isolation between different virtual machines, enhancing system security and stability.

Use Cases

  1. Edge Computing: Suitable for running on edge devices, providing virtualization support for IoT and edge computing scenarios.
  2. Development and Testing: Developers can quickly create and destroy virtual machine environments for software development and testing.
  3. Security Research: Provides an isolated environment for security research and malware analysis.