Firecracker

aid: firecracker
name: Firecracker
description: Firecracker is an open source virtual machine monitor (VMM) built by Amazon Web Services that uses KVM to create
  and manage lightweight microVMs. Designed for serverless computing and container workloads, it provides the security and
  isolation of traditional VMs with the speed and resource efficiency of containers. Firecracker exposes a RESTful management
  API over a Unix Domain Socket, specified in OpenAPI (Swagger 2.0).
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AWS
- Containers
- MicroVMs
- Open Source
- Serverless
- Virtualization
- KVM
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firecracker/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: firecracker:firecracker
  name: Firecracker API
  description: The Firecracker management API is a RESTful public-facing API accessible through HTTP calls over a Unix Domain
    Socket, carrying JSON modeled data. It is used to configure and control microVMs, including boot source, drives, network
    interfaces, machine configuration, snapshots, and lifecycle actions. Firecracker powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate.
  humanURL: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker
  baseURL: http://localhost/
  tags:
  - AWS
  - Containers
  - MicroVMs
  - Open Source
  - Serverless
  - Virtualization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/main/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md
  - type: API Requests
    url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/main/docs/api_requests
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firecracker-openapi-original.yaml
  - type: Specification
    url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/SPECIFICATION.md
  - type: Design
    url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/docs/design.md
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/firecracker.yaml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/main/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- type: FAQ
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/FAQ.md
- type: Security
  url: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/tag/firecracker/
- type: Slack
  url: https://join.slack.com/t/firecracker-microvm/shared_invite/zt-2tc0mfxpc-tU~HYAYSzLDl5XGGJU3YIg
- type: Email
  url: mailto:firecracker-maintainers@amazon.com
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com