All releases are clearly labeled with their maturity level. Always verify checksums before running anything on bare metal.
The smechvisord control plane daemon binary for
x86_64 Linux (musl-compatible). Serves the SmechVisor dashboard
on port 8080 and exposes the REST API for KVM pipeline management,
IOMMU telemetry, and VFIO passthrough control. Run this on an
existing SmechOS or compatible musl + OpenRC base.
Bootable install media for x86_64 bare metal. Boots into a minimal environment running the SmechVisor TUI installer -- a Newt-based wizard that partitions your disk, extracts all packages from the ISO itself (no internet required), installs GRUB, and reboots into the installed SmechVisor OS. Install-only, no live mode -- same philosophy as Proxmox VE.
The spk (Smech Sovereign Package Keeper) binary for SmechVisor.
Used to perform live OTA upgrades (spk system-upgrade) and
network deployments (spk deploy-system-img-copy). Zero external
dependencies -- pure Rust.
Minimal bootable ISO (~20MB) for deploying SmechVisor over the network
from a running SmechVisor node. Boots into a Newt TUI wizard: select
disk → auto-partition (EFI 512MB / swap 2GB / root remainder) → set up
Wi-Fi or Ethernet → display a 7-character code → receive the full
SmechVisor system over TCP from a donor node running
spk-visor deploy-system-img-copy <code> → install
GRUB → reboot. No packages bundled -- everything streams from the donor.
Always verify checksums before writing to a disk or running on bare metal:
sha256sum smechvisord sha256sum smechvisor-install-*.iso sha256sum smechvisor-deploy-shim-*.iso
If the output doesn't match exactly, re-download -- do not flash a binary or ISO whose checksum doesn't match.
# Make executable chmod +x smechvisord # Run (web assets must be present) SMECHVISORD_WEB_DIR=/usr/share/smechvisord/web \ SMECHVISORD_BIND=0.0.0.0:8080 \ ./smechvisord # Dashboard available at http://<host-ip>:8080
See the README for full OpenRC init script setup and cloud-hypervisor configuration.
