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rumpkernel/rumprun

The Rumprun unikernel and toolchain for various platforms observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rumpkernel/rumprun · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4212
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2305
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1177 stars · 127 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Rumprun is a unikernel built on rump kernels that runs unmodified POSIX applications on hypervisors (KVM, Xen) and bare metal. It includes a toolchain for building and running single-purpose application images in C, C++, Go, Rust, Python, Node.js, and more.

Use cases

  • run unmodified POSIX apps as unikernels on KVM or Xen
  • build minimal single-purpose server images like nginx or redis
  • deploy lightweight cloud instances on Amazon EC2
  • run applications on embedded bare-metal hardware
  • package existing software like memcached or leveldb as unikernels

When to choose

  • you want to run existing POSIX software as a lightweight unikernel
  • you need minimal-footprint deployments on Xen, KVM, or bare metal
  • you are targeting embedded systems or cloud VMs with a single application

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose OS with multi-process workloads
  • you require actively maintained tooling and recent platform support
  • you want container or Kubernetes-based deployment workflows

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

compiler build-tool developer-tools embedded cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code operating-systems embedded-systems developer-tools cross-platform cloud embedded unikernel rump-kernels virtualization xen kvm toolchain posix linux

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Member repositories

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