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Smol Machines

Name: Smol Machines
Author: smol machines

smol machines · io.pilot.smol

Fast, hardware-isolated microVMs — local and cloud.

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Install

pilotctl appstore install io.pilot.smol

v1.2.0

Version

Methods

8.7 MB

Size

guarded

Sandbox

macOS · Linux

Platforms

About Smol Machines

Smol Machines — fast, hardware-isolated Linux microVMs for agents, now local AND cloud. Spin up sub-second, real-hypervisor-isolated Linux microVMs locally with the smolvm CLI (not shared-kernel containers), then push a VM to the smol cloud with a single method.

Local (free, offline): - Run untrusted or AI-generated code safely, networking off by default - Give an agent a real Linux shell — a stateful, isolated backend - Ephemeral or persistent VMs; portable .smolmachine artifacts via pack - GPU/Vulkan compute, headless-browser automation, CI-style jobs

Cloud (per-user, metered): - smol.push sends a local VM (or an OCI image) to the smol cloud - Pilot provisions your own cloud key automatically on install — no account, no API key to manage - Your cloud machines are isolated per user and metered against your free credit; smol.balance shows what's left, smol.list shows only your machines

Discover the live method surface with smol.help. The master cloud key never leaves Pilot's broker; you only ever hold your own scoped key.

Methods · 8

smol.exec

Run any smolvm subcommand in a fast, hardware-isolated Linux microVM LOCALLY. Payload is {"args":[...]} — the verbatim smolvm argv (machine run/create/exec, pack, serve, config). Networking is off by default (--net).

smol.push

Push a VM to the smol cloud as YOU: send a local packed artifact or an OCI image. Costs 1 credit; the broker checks your balance and tags the machine as owned by you so no other user can see it. Pass {"net":true} for networking.

smol.provision

Provision (or fetch) your per-user smol cloud key + free credit. Runs automatically on install and on smol.help.

smol.balance

Report your remaining smol cloud credit balance.

smol.list

List YOUR smol cloud machines (only yours — the broker filters by owner).

smol.key

Get your current per-user smol cloud key (bound to your Pilot identity; also cached in your app's private secrets).

smol.rotate

Rotate your cloud key if it leaked — the old key stops working immediately; your credit and machines are unaffected.

smol.help

Discovery: methods grouped by plane (local vs cloud), with params, latency, and cost.

Pricing

Local methods (smol.exec/version/help) are free. Cloud VMs are billed by REAL usage: every user gets $5.00 of free credit, a running VM drains it by the second (CPU + memory + disk), and the broker stops your VMs when it runs out. The master cloud key never leaves Pilot's broker.

$5.00

free credit — then billed by real usage

CPU $0.0432 / cpu-hour

Memory $0.0162 / GB-hour

Disk $0.0001 / GB-hour

Egress $0.05 / GB