# solo-io/unik

The Unikernel & MicroVM Compilation and Deployment Platform

Repository: https://github.com/solo-io/unik
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/unik
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-27T07:13:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3801, "days_push": 1224, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2822, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.022447+00:00)

## What it is
UniK is a Go-based platform that compiles application source code into unikernels and MicroVM images and deploys them across cloud providers or locally. It offers a docker-like CLI for building and managing these lightweight bootable disk images.

## Use cases
- compile my go app into a unikernel
- deploy microvms to cloud providers
- build and run unikernels like docker containers
- run a minimal single-purpose vm for iot security
- manage firecracker microvm instances from the cli

## When to choose
- you want minimal, single-purpose bootable images instead of containers or full VMs
- you need a unified CLI to build and deploy unikernels across multiple cloud providers
- you want a small attack surface for security-sensitive workloads

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose container orchestration with rich ecosystem support
- your team relies on standard Linux tooling inside the runtime
- you need a project with frequent recent updates - the latest release dates to 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, container-runtime, cli, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: go, cli, cloud
- tags: unikernel, microvm, firecracker, cloud-deployment, virtualization, devops, containers, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- solo-io/unik (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.022447+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 2026-08-30T07:38:18.484794+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/solo-io/unik (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.022447+00:00, sha b501b84a430a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.