Bug#1142384: ITP: libkrun -- Dynamic library providing Virtualization-based process isolation

Ben Westover <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:24:39 -0400

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Package: wnpp
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Owner: Ben Westover <[email protected]>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : libkrun
   Version         : 1.19.4
   Upstream Contact: Sergio Lopez <[email protected]>
* URL             : https://github.com/libkrun/libkrun
* License         : Apache-2.0
   Programming Lang: Rust
   Description     : Library for Virtualization-based process isolation

libkrun is a dynamic library that allows programs to easily acquire the 
ability to run processes in a partially isolated environment using KVM 
Virtualization on Linux and HVF on macOS/ARM64.

It integrates a VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor, the userspace side of an 
Hypervisor) with the minimum amount of emulated devices required to its 
purpose, abstracting most of the complexity that comes from Virtual 
Machine management, offering users a simple C API.

I am packaging this library because it is a dependency of muvm, which is 
used to run programs with 4K pages on systems that use different page 
sizes, like Apple Silicon. I plan to maintain libkrun in the Rust team.

Regards
--
Ben Westover

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