First-time self-hosters
The primary audience: people moving from managed hosting to one dedicated Linux server and the decisions that follow.
Product
A personal cloud on your dedicated server
Learn who Svavyom is for, how the install-and-manage workflow fits together, and what the Development Preview does today.
Who it is for
Built with first-time self-hosters in mind
The starting point is one dedicated Linux server. The intended experience connects a browser interface to typed host operations and the familiar KVM virtualization stack.
Developers
People who want to read, run and shape an understandable virtualization stack built on KVM, QEMU and libvirt.
Startups
Small teams who want to own their infrastructure. Production enterprise workloads need qualification that is not available today.
How it works
From bare server to personal cloud
The current Development Preview path: one host, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
- 01
Choose your server
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on x86_64 with hardware virtualization, AppArmor and 30 GiB free under /var/lib.
- 02
Install with svavyom-ctl
The installer prints its plan and changes nothing until you add --apply.
- 03
Manage from a browser
Create the administrator, import an image and create your first VM.
sudo bin/svavyom-ctl install --artifact . --create-pool --tls-self-signed HOST \
--enable-mutation --enable-console --backup-dir /var/lib/svavyom/backups
# read the plan, then repeat with --applyCapabilities
Everything in one understandable place
Each tile says where it stands today.
Preview
One browser interface for your machines
Manage virtual machines, consoles, storage, networks and alerts from a single web console instead of juggling command-line tools.
- Create
- Start
- Stop
- Reboot
- Snapshot
- Back up
- Restore
Design direction
Provider-neutral
Your host choice should not be dictated by a proprietary hosting integration.
Foundation
No new hypervisor
KVM, QEMU and libvirt keep every layer familiar and inspectable.
Preview
Restricted host operations
A read-only agent, a mutation supervisor and a console broker run as separate processes. A closed protocol carries names, never paths or XML, and no arbitrary shell or libvirt call is reachable from the browser.
Foundation
Evidence over promises
Format, vet, static analysis, race tests, vulnerability scans and accessibility gates run in a pinned Docker toolchain.
Available now
Free and open
AGPL-3.0-or-later for the server, Apache-2.0 for contracts, tools and docs. No limit, licence key, trial or call home. Run it on as many servers as you like.
Status
What exists, and what does not
A Development Preview for evaluation and non-critical use. Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, one host per installation.
Available in the preview
- VM lifecycle: create, start, stop, reboot, force off, delete
- Serial and graphical (VNC) consoles in the browser
- Snapshots, backups and restore, plus scheduled backups
- Managed NAT networks and an optional host bridge
- Alerts with a webhook, a nightly boot check and usage graphs
- Three roles, and an installer, upgrader and support-bundle tool
Not supported yet
- High availability and live migration
- Multi-host management
- Signed release artifacts
- Production workloads and stability guarantees
- Hosts beyond Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on x86_64
Get started
Get the code. Get the next steps.
Download and share the source any time. Add your email and we will send the repository link and next steps, then occasional updates as the project moves.
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