Getting Started

Introduction

Unikraft is a from-first-principles virtualization solution and cloud platform based on unikernels which provides best-in-class performance, security, and scalability.

Running your app on Unikraft is like running a container but with hardware isolation, millisecond cold starts, and stateful scale-to-zero.

Expect higher server density, cost-savings, I/O performance boosts, active vCPU pricing and much more.

Quick start

Create a free account.
Install the kraft CLI.
```
Run on any *NIX shell
 
curl -sSfL https://get.kraftkit.sh | sh
```
See alternative installation instructions for other platforms.
Login to your account by setting your access token (received via email):
```
Code
 
export UKC_TOKEN=
```

Deploy your first scale-to-zero, serverless app with Unikraft Cloud:

Code
 
kraft cloud deploy -p 443:8080 nginx:latest

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Last modified on November 19, 2025

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Getting Started

Introduction

Unikraft is a from-first-principles virtualization solution and cloud platform based on unikernels which provides best-in-class performance, security, and scalability.

Running your app on Unikraft is like running a container but with hardware isolation, millisecond cold starts, and stateful scale-to-zero.

Expect higher server density, cost-savings, I/O performance boosts, active vCPU pricing and much more.

Quick start

Create a free account.
Install the kraft CLI.
```
Run on any *NIX shell
 
curl -sSfL https://get.kraftkit.sh | sh
```
See alternative installation instructions for other platforms.
Login to your account by setting your access token (received via email):
```
Code
 
export UKC_TOKEN=
```

Deploy your first scale-to-zero, serverless app with Unikraft Cloud:

Code
 
kraft cloud deploy -p 443:8080 nginx:latest

Edit this page

Last modified on November 19, 2025

FAQ