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AgentENV: Distributed Runtime for AI Agents at Scale (Open Source, Rust)

Moonshot AI open-sourced AgentENV, a Rust-based distributed runtime for AI agent environments, now powering Kimi K3's agentic RL training. The platform uses Firecracker micro-VMs for isolation, achieving 50ms cold starts and sub-100ms snapshot/fork, outperforming Ray and Kubernetes in agent-native features.

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AgentENV (AENV) is a Rust-based distributed platform for running AI agent environments at scale, now powering Kimi K3's agentic RL training.

Why It Matters: Most agent frameworks are single-process toys. AENV makes agents distributed with Firecracker micro-VMs:

Quick Start:

git clone https://github.com/kvcache-ai/AgentENV
cd AgentENV && cargo build --release
./target/release/agentenv --node-id node1

vs Alternatives:

AENV Ray Kubernetes
Isolation micro-VM process pod
Cold start 50ms ~1s ~1s+
Snapshot/fork ✅ <100ms
Agent-native

Stars: 1411 · Language: Rust · License: MIT

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