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Unikraft is a fast, secure and open-source Unikernel Development Kit
Unikraft powers the next-generation of cloud native applications by enabling you to radically customize and build custom OS/kernels, unlocking best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.
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Get the most out of your application and Unikraft
The only cloud platform scaling to zero, with 'only on' pricing, and cold-starting in 20ms.
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Run your favorite apps, frameworks and languages out-of-the-box
We've put together a catalog covering a wide range of the most popular programming languages, frameworks, and apps as pre-built, ready-to-run, ultra-specialized unikernel virtual machine images.
Easily construct the best-in-class OS/kernel for your cloud application and desired KPIs.
Unikraft is fully modular, with a constantly growing ecosystem with many popular open-source operating system and application libraries like musl and openssl available for use, allowing you to pick and choose exactly what you need for your target application.
- 100+
- Libraries
- 160+
- Syscalls
- 25K+
- Config Options
- Any
- Application
Blazing fast
Developer-friendly
Small footprint & green
Cloud-native ready
POSIX-compatible
Fully modular
Research-backed
Production ready
Developer Friendly
Build, Run and Package
Unikernel Images
Quickly and Easily
With the Unikraft companion command-line client kraft, you can quickly and easily define, configure, build, and run unikernel applications. Get everything from OS library dependencies to pre-built binaries and more.
Extra ergonomy in VSCode
Library selection, native integration to build and run instances to help developers in VS Code stay confident and productive.
Instant unikernel playground
Try Unikraft without installing any additional dependencies and bootstrap and next project.
Unikraft is green & efficient
From cloud to embedded devices, running an application on Unikraft both increases efficiency and reduces power consumption as less resources are necessary.Research Backed
Built and used by leading academic institutes and companies
Unikraft's design, performance and security have been extensively developed, evaluated and put into production at leading companies and academic institutes. The award-winning Unikraft research work has appeared in top-tier research and industry conferences.
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