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Show HN: Virby, a vfkit-based Linux builder for Nix-Darwin
A vfkit-based linux builder for Nix-darwin. Contribute to quinneden/virby-nix-darwin development by creating an account on GitHub.
On-demand activation- VM starts only when builds are needed, shuts down after inactivity Rosetta support- Build x86_64-linux packages on Apple Silicon using Rosetta translation Secure by default- Host-only access via loopback (i.e. 127.0.0.1), with automatic ED25519 key generation Fully configurable- Adjust VM resources and add custom NixOS modules OptionTypeDefaultDescription enable bool false Enable the service cores int 8 CPU cores allocated to VM memory int/string 6144 Memory in MiB or string format (e.g. "6GiB") diskSize string"100GiB" VM disk size port int 31222 SSH port for VM access speedFactor int 1 Speed factor for Nix build machine Security model: VM accessible only via localhost with key-based SSH authentication, minimal privileges, and filesystem isolation.
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