Show HN: Vpod – Tiny Linux sandbox running in WASM

Category: infrastructure

Tags: sandbox, webassembly, risc-v

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Vpod is a lightweight Linux sandbox that runs a RISC-V virtual machine inside WebAssembly, enabling instant, portable, and isolated execution of untrusted processes. Its combination of WASM, WASI, and RV64GC offers an innovative approach to sandboxing without native setup, making it interesting for secure code execution and cross-platform portability.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, security engineers

Repository: https://github.com/capsulerun/vpod · Rust · Apache-2.0 · 27 stars

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