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openvmm

Home of OpenVMM and OpenHCL

4Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
2KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Home of OpenVMM and OpenHCL

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-10-17 05:42:06 UTC to 2024-10-17 14:46:31 UTC.

012024-10-17 05:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsOct 17, 05:002024-10-17 06:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-17 07:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-17 08:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-17 09:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 17, 09:002024-10-17 10:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-10-17 11:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-10-17 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-17 13:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-17 14:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-17 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 17, 14:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 17, 05:002024-10-17 05:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 06:00:00 UTC110
Oct 17, 06:002024-10-17 06:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 07:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 07:002024-10-17 07:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 08:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 08:002024-10-17 08:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 09:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 09:002024-10-17 09:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 10:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 10:002024-10-17 10:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 11:00:00 UTC101
Oct 17, 11:002024-10-17 11:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 12:00:00 UTC101
Oct 17, 12:002024-10-17 12:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 13:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 13:002024-10-17 13:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 14:00:00 UTC000
Oct 17, 14:002024-10-17 14:00:00 UTC2024-10-17 15:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
> OpenVMM split up its docs and there isn't much in the actual README, but a few seconds investigation led me to https://github.com/microsoft/openvmm/blob/main/Guide/src/dev... , for example. this is a reason to reconsider my statement why? > Come on, this is not even a good strawman. It's not a straw man at all. It's my opinion. > It's very easy to find out the language of you want to know, and it's possible to inform without evangelism. Indeed, but nothing makes it more straight forward than the language being mentioned in the HN News title
In OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust
> I doubt that a GitHub README is used for language evangelism. Perhaps you should reconsider this. OpenVMM split up its docs and there isn't much in the actual README, but a few seconds investigation led me to https://github.com/microsoft/openvmm/blob/main/Guide/src/dev... , for example. > Also, I don't find it annoying, but helpful, because I care - amongst other things - about the language of open source software projects. Come on, this is not even a good strawman. It's very easy to find out the language of you want to know, and it's possible to inform without evangelism.
In OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust
Note this “disclaimer” in the guide: > In recent years, development efforts in the OpenVMM project have primarily focused on OpenHCL (AKA: OpenVMM as a paravisor). > As a result, not a lot of "polish" has gone into making the experience of running OpenVMM in traditional host contexts particularly "pleasant". > This lack of polish manifests in several ways, including but not limited to: […] > • No API or feature-set stability guarantees whatsoever. https://github.com/microsoft/openvmm/blob/main/Guide/src/use...
In OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust

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