https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/includeos/ Recent content in Includeos on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-04-self-hosted-unikernel-platforms-unikraft-nanos-includeos-mirageos-guide/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-04-self-hosted-unikernel-platforms-unikraft-nanos-includeos-mirageos-guide/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Traditional virtualization runs a full operating system for every application, duplicating kernel services and wasting resources. Unikernels take the opposite approach: compile your application directly into a minimal, single-purpose kernel image that runs directly on the hypervisor. The result is boot times measured in milliseconds, memory footprints under 10 MB, and attack surfaces orders of magnitude smaller than a full VM.</p>