jakogut/tinyvm
TinyVM is a small, fast, lightweight virtual machine written in pure ANSI C. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5717
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2720
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3322 stars · 307 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
TinyVM is a small, fast, lightweight virtual machine written in pure ANSI C with minimal memory footprint and no external dependencies beyond the C standard library. It is primarily an educational project demonstrating how a simple VM works.
Use cases
- learn how virtual machines work internally
- embed a tiny bytecode VM in a C project
- run simple assembly-like programs in a sandboxed VM
- study a minimal VM implementation in pure C
- experiment with custom instruction sets
When to choose
- you need a minimal, dependency-free VM in C
- you want readable source code to learn VM internals
- you need a very small binary and low memory footprint
When to avoid
- you need a production-grade, performant VM like JVM or Lua
- you need JIT compilation or advanced garbage collection
- you need Windows support out of the box
- you need active development or recent features
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
interpreter compiler developer-tools programming-languages education cross-platform cli virtual-machine ansi-c bytecode educational lightweight linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/jakogut/tinyvm · fetched 2026-08-28 · f1dd4c2a6701
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jakogut/tinyvm | main | 32 |
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