https://github.com/rumpkernel/rumprun

The Rumprun unikernel and toolchain for various platforms
https://github.com/rumpkernel/rumprun

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The Rumprun unikernel and toolchain for various platforms

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rumpkernel/rumprun
• Owner: rumpkernel
• License: other
• Created: 2015-02-20T17:55:46.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-11T20:59:01.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-29T08:03:20.922Z (13 days ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.26 MB
• Stars: 1,143
• Watchers: 70
• Forks: 128
• Open Issues: 56
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
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This repository uses [rump kernels](http://rumpkernel.org) to provide

the Rumprun [unikernel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikernel).

Rumprun works on not only on hypervisors such as KVM and Xen, but also on

bare metal.  Rumprun can be used with or without a POSIX'y interface.

The former allows existing, unmodified POSIX applications to run

out-of-the-box, while the latter allows building highly customized

solutions with minimal footprints.

The Rumprun unikernel supports applications written in, for example

but not limited to: _C_, _C++_, _Erlang_, _Go_, _Java_, _Javascript (node.js)_,

_Python_, _Ruby_ and _Rust_.

You will find ready-made software packages for Rumprun from the

[rumprun-packages repository](http://repo.rumpkernel.org/rumprun-packages).

Some examples of software available from there includes _LevelDB_,

_Memcached_, _nanomsg_, _Nginx_ and _Redis_.  See the packages repository

for further details.

See the [wiki](http://wiki.rumpkernel.org/Repo:-rumprun) for more

information and instructions.  You may also want to watch video

tutorials in the

[Rumprun unikernel video series](http://wiki.rumpkernel.org/Tutorial%3A-Rumprun-unikernel-video-series).

Note: some of our tools will throw a warning about them

being experimental.  It does not mean that they

are not expected to produce a working result, just that the usage

is not necessarily final.  The wiki

[explains](http://wiki.rumpkernel.org/Repo%3A-rumprun#experimental-nature)

further.

hw

--

The hardware (``hw'') platform is meant for embedded systems

and the cloud.  It works on raw hardware, but also supports

_virtio_ drivers and KVM.  For a demonstration, see this [youtube

video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyeRplLMx4c) where the hw platform

is booted on a laptop and plays audio using the PCI hdaudio drivers.

The supported CPU architectures are x86_32, x86_64 and ARM.

Xen

---

The Xen platform is optimized for running on top of the Xen hypervisor

as a paravirtualized guest, and provides support for virtualization

functions not available on the _hw_ platform.  The Xen platform will

work both against the `xl` tools and the Amazon EC2 cloud.

The supported CPU architectures are x86_32 and x86_64.