DVM documentation

DVM creates and starts Lima instances, keeps host files out of the guest, creates a dev user, and runs your own setup scripts. Tool installation lives in those scripts.

No host mounts

Nothing from your machine is mounted into the guest by default.

Your setup, your scripts

Provisioning is plain Bash you own and review.

Checked before they run

Setup scripts are ownership- and permission-checked first.

Disposable by design

Spin up, build, throw away. The host stays clean.

Start here

Install Requirements and setup.

Quickstart From zero to a running VM in four commands.

Commands The full dvm CLI reference.

Examples Copy/paste setup-script snippets.

Learn more

Config & setup scripts Every config variable and how setup scripts run.

Lima behavior How DVM drives Lima, and its limits.

Security model Threats addressed and trade-offs.

Troubleshooting Errors and recovery.