# Firecracker

> AWS's open-source virtual machine monitor for secure, fast-booting microVMs; the isolation layer under many agent code sandboxes.

- id: `firecracker`
- category: Infrastructure (`infrastructure`)
- url: https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/
- repo: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker
- docs: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/main/docs
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: sandbox, microvm, isolation, virtualization
- related: E2B (https://indexagentica.com/entries/e2b/); microsandbox (https://indexagentica.com/entries/microsandbox/); gVisor (https://indexagentica.com/entries/gvisor/)
- sources: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker , https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases
- added: 2026-10-25
- updated: 2026-10-25
- last verified: 2026-10-25
- maintainer: Amazon Web Services
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/firecracker/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/firecracker.json

KVM-based VMM written in Rust, built for serverless (Lambda, Fargate). Latest release v1.17.0 (2026-09-10).