# jakogut/tinyvm

TinyVM is a small, fast, lightweight virtual machine written in pure ANSI C.

Repository: https://github.com/jakogut/tinyvm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinyvm
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: c, virtual-machine
Last push: 2019-03-23T09:15:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5717, "days_push": 2720, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3322, forks 307 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.323970+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: interpreter, compiler
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, education
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: virtual-machine, ansi-c, bytecode, educational, lightweight, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- jakogut/tinyvm (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.323970+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:41:49.329505+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jakogut/tinyvm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.323970+00:00, sha f1dd4c2a6701)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.