Neutron Stardust extends Voltainer's revolutionary container technology into full virtualization — addressing every computing need while maintaining security, efficiency, and elegance. It is the core VM engine behind Voltvisor (volt vm), the VM management layer of the Volt platform.

Workload	Image	Density	Boot Time
Servers	`volt/server`	50,000+	<200ms
Databases	`volt/server-db`	20,000+	<300ms
Development	`volt/dev`	10,000+	<400ms
Desktop VDI	`volt/desktop-*`	2,000+	<600ms
Edge/IoT	`volt/edge`	100,000+	<100ms
Kubernetes	`volt/k8s-node`	30,000+	<200ms

Quick Start

# Install the Volt platform
curl -fsSL https://armoredgate.com/install | sh

# Create a server VM via Voltvisor
volt vm create my-server --image volt/server --memory 256M

# Start it
volt vm start my-server

# SSH in
volt vm ssh my-server

# Create a desktop VM with ODE
volt desktop create my-desktop --image volt/desktop-productivity

# Connect via browser
volt desktop connect my-desktop

Architecture

Neutron Stardust is the low-level microVMM engine. It is exposed to users through Voltvisor — the Volt platform's VM management interface.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Your Application                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                  Volt Platform (Voltvisor)                   │
│  ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐       │
│  │ TinyVol  │ │  Kernel  │ │ SystemD  │ │   ODE    │       │
│  │Filesystem│ │   Pool   │ │ Isolate  │ │ Display  │       │
│  └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘       │
│  ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐       │
│  │ Landlock │ │ Seccomp  │ │Cgroups v2│ │Namespaces│       │
│  └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│               Neutron Stardust (microVMM)                   │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    Linux Kernel                              │
│                   (No Hypervisor)                            │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Why No Hypervisor?

Hypervisors are attack surface, not protection:

VMware ESXi: CVE-2024-37085 (RCE) — actively exploited
Xen: XSA-* (multiple critical)
QEMU/KVM: Escape vulnerabilities
Hyper-V: CVE-2024-* (multiple)

Neutron Stardust uses native Linux kernel isolation:

Landlock — Filesystem access control
Seccomp — Syscall filtering
Cgroups v2 — Resource limits
Namespaces — Process/network isolation
SystemD — Lifecycle management

Battle-tested, open source, audited.

Kernel Profiles

Profile	Size	Boot	Use Case
`kernel-server`	30MB	<200ms	Headless servers
`kernel-desktop`	60MB	<400ms	Interactive + ODE
`kernel-rt`	50MB	<300ms	Real-time, video
`kernel-minimal`	15MB	<100ms	Edge, appliances
`kernel-dev`	80MB	<500ms	Debugging, eBPF

ODE Profiles (Remote Display)

Profile	Bandwidth	Latency	Use Case
`terminal`	500 Kbps	30ms	CLI, SSH replacement
`office`	2 Mbps	54ms	Productivity apps
`creative`	8 Mbps	40ms	Design, color-critical
`video`	25 Mbps	20ms	Video editing
`gaming`	30 Mbps	16ms	Games, 120fps

Volt Platform Integration

Neutron Stardust is the microVMM engine within the Volt platform. It extends Voltainer — it doesn't replace it:

Same TinyVol filesystem format
Same cryptographic verification
Same attestation system
Same SBOM/CVE policies
ODE works for both containers and VMs
Managed through volt vm (Voltvisor) commands

Documentation

License

Voltvisor/Neutron Stardust is a source-available, tier-gated component of the Volt platform. Professional or Enterprise license required for production VM workloads.

README.md

Neutron Stardust

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