# crosvm

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/crosvm
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/crosvm.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/crosvm/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://googlesource.com
- **Slug:** crosvm
- **Categories:** developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** A memory-safe, lightweight VMM written from the ground up in Rust for high-security isolation.
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** crosvm is an open-source virtual machine monitor (VMM) written in Rust, originally designed for ChromiumOS. It focuses on providing a secure and performant environment for running Linux and Android guest operating systems via KVM.
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:** crosvm Virtual Machine Monitor
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free (Open Source)
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** System software engineers, ChromeOS developers, Android platform developers
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Firecracker (AWS)
  - QEMU
  - Cloud Hypervisor (Intel/Linux Foundation)
Source: Brand's website (https://googlesource.com) · 2026-10-04

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