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hyperlight-host

v0.15.0 Growing

A lightweight Virtual Machine Manager that can be hosted in an application to safely run untrusted or code within a VM partition with very low latency and overhead.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.89

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 18d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (70 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
45.4K
Dependents
19
Releases
20
Size
291KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

2.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 41% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, hyperlight-host hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

70 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include hyperlight-wasm, hyperlight-js, acton-ai. When high-quality crates choose hyperlight-host, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
112/day avg+12%
01002003002/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on hyperlight-host

Version Adoption

v0.12.0
35%
v0.11.0
25%
v0.9.0
15%
v0.14.0
14%
v0.10.0
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["kvm", "mshv3", "build-metadata"]

gdbkvm*mshv3*fuzzingcrashdumpi686-guestmem_profileprint_debugtrace_guestguest-counterhw-interruptsbuild-metadata*executable_heapnanvix-unstablefunction_call_metrics

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
70
direct dependencies
Dependents
19
crates depend on hyperlight-host