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smolBSD is a tiny BSD UNIX (NetBSD) system creation tool, primarily aimed at building modern, lightweight, fast micro VMs

3 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 1 story, 2 comments · first 2026-03-13 · latest 2026-10-23

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  1. May I recommend trying (and using) < https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD > (< https://smolbsd.org >)? It lets you package apps using a syntax very close to a Dockerfile. It spawns lightweight NetBSD micro-VMs that boot in just 10ms.…
    comment by Bengalilol · 2026-10-23 · in Docker is weird
  2. …Firecracker which is specifically avoided w "Smol machines", but interesting nonetheless [0] https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD [1] https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/freebsd-fire...
    comment by bch · 2026-04-17 · in Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines
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    SmolClaw, a Microvm to Run Picoclaw
    story by iMil · 2026-03-13 · 0 comments