MAmathfailure·Sep 29, 2025Submission
Hyperlight – lightweight VM Manager designed to be embedded within applications
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hyperlight
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hyperlight-dev / hyperlight
hyperlight
Hyperlight is a lightweight Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) designed to be embedded within applications. It enables safe execution of untrusted code within micro virtual machines with very low latency and minimal overhead.
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What it is
Hyperlight is a lightweight Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) designed to be embedded within applications. It enables safe execution of untrusted code within micro virtual machines with very low latency and minimal overhead.
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Observed mentions: 2025-05-20 19:56:06 UTC to 2025-09-29 00:50:28 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| May 19 | 2025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 26 | 2025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2 | 2025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 9 | 2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16 | 2025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 23 | 2025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 30 | 2025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 7 | 2025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 14 | 2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 21 | 2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 28 | 2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 4 | 2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 11 | 2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 18 | 2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 25 | 2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 1 | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | 2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesHyperlight: A Lightweight Virtual Machine Manager
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