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.
hyperlight-dev/hyperlight has 4,795 GitHub stars. It gained +5 stars over 2 recorded days in the last 7 days and +40 over 14 recorded days in the last 30 days (snapshots through Nov 11, 2026).
Its biggest recent day was Oct 29, 2026, with +10 stars.
It currently ranks #2970 daily, #3518 weekly, #3690 monthly by momentum on Trending Repos; its best-ever rank is #243.
Trending Repos first recorded it on May 15, 2026.
| Date | Stars gained | Total stars | Forks gained |
|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | 4,795 | 0 | |
| +3 | 4,793 | 0 | |
| +2 | 4,774 | 0 | |
| +10 | 4,772 | 0 | |
| +2 | 4,762 | 0 | |
| +2 | 4,760 | 0 | |
| +1 | 4,753 | 0 | |
| +3 | 4,752 | 0 | |
| +3 | 4,749 | +1 | |
| +4 | 4,746 | 0 | |
| +2 | 4,738 | 0 | |
| +2 | 4,736 | 0 | |
| +4 | 4,734 | 0 | |
| 0 | 4,730 | 0 |