# k7

> k7 creates lightweight VM sandboxes for untrusted code at scale. Replaces AWS Fargate with forkable microVMs backed by Kata Containers, Firecracker, or k7d runtime.

- **Category:** Container Management
- **Licence:** Apache-2.0
- **Latest version:** v0.5.0
- **Open source:** oss
- **Languages:** Python, Shell
- **Tags:** Security, Ai Agents, Serverless, Agents, Sandbox, Code, Kubernetes, Self Hosted, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Sandboxing, Firecracker, Kata, VM Isolation, Kata Containers

## Description

k7 enables users to create secure virtual machine sandboxes for code execution at scale. The platform serves custom serverless deployments avoiding AWS Fargate dependency, hardened CI/CD runners avoiding Docker-in-Docker risks, and blockchain execution layers for AI decentralized applications. Users can run k7 on Kubernetes clusters using K3s, leveraging Kata Containers with Firecracker or QEMU VMMs, Longhorn for persistent storage snapshots, and k7's proprietary k7d daemon for near-instant warm VM forking through copy-on-write disk and memory cloning.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://github.com/Katakate/k7)
- [Website](https://docs.katakate.org)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Katakate/k7)
- [Python SDK (PyPI)](https://pypi.org/project/k7-sdk/0.5.0/)

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