🪡 Spindle gains a new engine: microvm 🪡
You can now:
- build docker containers in CI
- run sidecar services like postgres, redis for integration tests
- use non-nixos base images, such as alpine
Read the blog post by @ptr.pet for more: blog.tangled.org/spindle-micr...
You can now:
- build docker containers in CI
- run sidecar services like postgres, redis for integration tests
- use non-nixos base images, such as alpine
Read the blog post by @ptr.pet for more: blog.tangled.org/spindle-micr...
Spindle's new microVM engine
How we built the new QEMU-based microVM engine
blog.tangled.org
June 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
🪡 Spindle gains a new engine: microvm 🪡
You can now:
- build docker containers in CI
- run sidecar services like postgres, redis for integration tests
- use non-nixos base images, such as alpine
Read the blog post by @ptr.pet for more: blog.tangled.org/spindle-micr...
You can now:
- build docker containers in CI
- run sidecar services like postgres, redis for integration tests
- use non-nixos base images, such as alpine
Read the blog post by @ptr.pet for more: blog.tangled.org/spindle-micr...
First ever bare metal Go instance running under KVM (microVM) with VirtIO networking support!
January 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
First ever bare metal Go instance running under KVM (microVM) with VirtIO networking support!
Newsletter 03
Code search, focus mode, microVM CI and a new home
blog.tangled.org
July 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"I sandbox my little BonzaiBuddy in a microvm in case he decides to get rambunctious"
July 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
"I sandbox my little BonzaiBuddy in a microvm in case he decides to get rambunctious"
💫 GM Tanglers! Its release time 💫
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
July 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
💫 GM Tanglers! Its release time 💫
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
Running Emacs in microVM
Running Emacs inside a NetBSD microVM.
olddeuteronomy.github.io
September 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM
API AND MICROVM CI LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
💫 GM Tanglers! Its release time 💫
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
Here's whats new:
- Full text code-search
- Focus mode
- Tangled XRPC API
- A new homepage
- MicroVM powered CI engine
July 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
API AND MICROVM CI LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
From github.com/marketplace/...
Note: 11.0-microvm is a fast-boot VARIANT of 11.0 [...]: anyvm boots NetBSD's official MICROVM kernel directly on QEMU's microvm machine type (no BIOS/PCI/ACPI, virtio over MMIO), which cuts boot-to-ssh about 4x vs the pc machine (7.4s vs 29.6s under KVM)
🥰
Note: 11.0-microvm is a fast-boot VARIANT of 11.0 [...]: anyvm boots NetBSD's official MICROVM kernel directly on QEMU's microvm machine type (no BIOS/PCI/ACPI, virtio over MMIO), which cuts boot-to-ssh about 4x vs the pc machine (7.4s vs 29.6s under KVM)
🥰
NetBSD-vm - GitHub Marketplace
Test in a real NetBSD virtual machine on GitHub Actions -- QEMU-powered, with SSH and two-way folder sync
github.com
September 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
From github.com/marketplace/...
Note: 11.0-microvm is a fast-boot VARIANT of 11.0 [...]: anyvm boots NetBSD's official MICROVM kernel directly on QEMU's microvm machine type (no BIOS/PCI/ACPI, virtio over MMIO), which cuts boot-to-ssh about 4x vs the pc machine (7.4s vs 29.6s under KVM)
🥰
Note: 11.0-microvm is a fast-boot VARIANT of 11.0 [...]: anyvm boots NetBSD's official MICROVM kernel directly on QEMU's microvm machine type (no BIOS/PCI/ACPI, virtio over MMIO), which cuts boot-to-ssh about 4x vs the pc machine (7.4s vs 29.6s under KVM)
🥰
Holy sh... first email of someone wanting to build a microvm contained app :)
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Holy sh... first email of someone wanting to build a microvm contained app :)
infrastructure companies pls sponsor my silly microvm endeavour
March 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
infrastructure companies pls sponsor my silly microvm endeavour
Build your own minimal BSD UNIX system with smolBSD project which aims at creating a minimal NetBSD virtual machine that's able to boot and start a service in less than a second. Previous NetBSD installation is not required, using the provided tools the microvm can be created from NetBSD/Linux/MacOS
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Build your own minimal BSD UNIX system with smolBSD project which aims at creating a minimal NetBSD virtual machine that's able to boot and start a service in less than a second. Previous NetBSD installation is not required, using the provided tools the microvm can be created from NetBSD/Linux/MacOS
La conférence "No drift in microvm" :
February 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
La conférence "No drift in microvm" :
Today we're introducing Cloud Sandboxes: same microVM isolation as Docker Sandboxes on your laptop, same CLI, always-on Docker-managed compute.
Close your laptop. Keep the agent running. Move between local and cloud with one command. $250 credit for new accounts: docker.com/sbx-promo
Close your laptop. Keep the agent running. Move between local and cloud with one command. $250 credit for new accounts: docker.com/sbx-promo
September 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Today we're introducing Cloud Sandboxes: same microVM isolation as Docker Sandboxes on your laptop, same CLI, always-on Docker-managed compute.
Close your laptop. Keep the agent running. Move between local and cloud with one command. $250 credit for new accounts: docker.com/sbx-promo
Close your laptop. Keep the agent running. Move between local and cloud with one command. $250 credit for new accounts: docker.com/sbx-promo
smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds - https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD
smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds
A new BSD distribution I only learned about for the first time this weekend is smolBSD, a project built atop the netbsd-MICROVM kernel coming with NetBSD 11 for providing insanely fast booting micro-VMs intended for micro-services and similar environments...
www.phoronix.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds - https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD
And here we go: NetBSD 11 will ship with the MICROVM kernel
releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-...
10ms kernel boot for everyone!
releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-...
10ms kernel boot for everyone!
August 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
And here we go: NetBSD 11 will ship with the MICROVM kernel
releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-...
10ms kernel boot for everyone!
releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-...
10ms kernel boot for everyone!
We do, yes. We have a microvm engine (next.tangled.org/tangled.org/...) and a custom scheduler (next.tangled.org/tangled.org/...).
September 23, 2026 at 5:15 AM
We do, yes. We have a microvm engine (next.tangled.org/tangled.org/...) and a custom scheduler (next.tangled.org/tangled.org/...).
smolBSD now boots in Proxmox! https://github.com/rcarmo/pve-microvm/issues/3
Thanks a lot @dasga for the heads up <3
Thanks a lot @dasga for the heads up <3
SmolBSD · Issue #3 · rcarmo/pve-microvm
Hello o/ Could you add SmolBSD to the test matrix? https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD It is a minimal NetBSD system with very fast boot times (~10ms in best conditions). It could be an interesting...
github.com
May 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
smolBSD now boots in Proxmox! https://github.com/rcarmo/pve-microvm/issues/3
Thanks a lot @dasga for the heads up <3
Thanks a lot @dasga for the heads up <3
Setting up a 10ms booting NetBSD microvm wiki.netbsd.org/users/imil/m...
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Setting up a 10ms booting NetBSD microvm wiki.netbsd.org/users/imil/m...
#Mistral just dropped #Vibe, its open-source coding agent CLI
I run it in a secure microVM sandbox with @docker.com's `sbx`
New post: k33g.org/20260609-sbx...
I run it in a secure microVM sandbox with @docker.com's `sbx`
New post: k33g.org/20260609-sbx...
June 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
#Mistral just dropped #Vibe, its open-source coding agent CLI
I run it in a secure microVM sandbox with @docker.com's `sbx`
New post: k33g.org/20260609-sbx...
I run it in a secure microVM sandbox with @docker.com's `sbx`
New post: k33g.org/20260609-sbx...
my 2nd commit to tangled yay, its a fix for git+https:// not working when passed in as a dependency for microvm ci runs
July 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
my 2nd commit to tangled yay, its a fix for git+https:// not working when passed in as a dependency for microvm ci runs
github.com/microvm-nix/... fuck this issue genuinely
QEMU hangs when mem is exactly 2GB · Issue #171 · microvm-nix/microvm.nix
Hello, I have a microvm that, microvm.mem is sufficiently large, will refuse to boot under qemu. This behavior only show after this commit. The following (relatively minimal) configuration causes b...
github.com
June 4, 2026 at 11:18 PM
github.com/microvm-nix/... fuck this issue genuinely
i do want to give niri something better than a freaking docker container, maybe a microvm
April 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM
i do want to give niri something better than a freaking docker container, maybe a microvm
tried triggering a tangled workflow manually and running it locally in a microvm, very experimental still tangled.org/tsiry-sandra...
August 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
tried triggering a tangled workflow manually and running it locally in a microvm, very experimental still tangled.org/tsiry-sandra...