NanoVMs

NanoVMs builds unikernel infrastructure that lets developers run a single application as its own lightweight, secure virtual machine with no operating system and no devops. Its open-source toolchain centers on OPS (the ops CLI, ops.city) for building and deploying unikernels to any cloud in seconds, and Nanos (nanos.org), a kernel designed to run one and only one application in a virtualized environment. The project ships editor extensions, a Terraform provider, a Homebrew tap, a package repository (repo.ops.city), and an official MCP server (ops-mcp) for driving the toolchain from AI agents. NanoVMs is a Bloomberg Beta and Initialized Capital portfolio company.

NanoVMs is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Unikernels, Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure, and DevOps.

NanoVMs’ developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, changelog, CLI, and 16 more developer resources.

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20.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

0 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyUnikernelsVirtualization Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Open-Source Developer Tools CLI

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Composite quality — 20.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.5 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components

Components

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

PackageRepository

CLI

Packages

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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  for building and deploying unikernels to any cloud in seconds, and Nanos (nanos.org), a kernel designed to run one and only
  one application in a virtualized environment. The project ships editor extensions, a Terraform provider, a Homebrew tap,
  a package repository (repo.ops.city), and an official MCP server (ops-mcp) for driving the toolchain from AI agents. NanoVMs
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