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mvm

Installation

One-Liner

Section titled “One-Liner”
Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/auser/mvm/main/install.sh | sh

Pin a Version

Section titled “Pin a Version”
Terminal window
MVM_VERSION=v0.3.0 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/auser/mvm/main/install.sh | sh

From Source

Section titled “From Source”
Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/auser/mvm.git
cd mvm
cargo build --release
cp target/release/mvmctl ~/.local/bin/

Cargo Install

Section titled “Cargo Install”
Terminal window
cargo install mvmctl

Self-Update

Section titled “Self-Update”
Terminal window
mvmctl update

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel) or Linux with KVM
  • Homebrew (macOS only — mvm will install it if missing)

Running mvmctl bootstrap or mvmctl dev handles everything else automatically — Lima, Nix, and Firecracker are installed inside the VM.