Lima v2.0: expanding the focus to hardening AI

Lima (Linux Machines) is a command line tool to launch a local Linux virtual machine, with the primary focus on running containers on a laptop.

While Lima was originally made for promoting containers (particularly containerd) to Mac users, it has been known to be useful for a variety of other use cases as well. One of the most edgy use cases is to run an AI coding agent inside a VM, in order to isolate the agent from direct access to host files and commands. This setup ensures that even if an AI agent is deceived by malicious instructions searched from the Internet (e.g., fake package installations), any potential damage is confined within the VM, or limited to files specified to be mounted from the host.

This talk introduces the updates in Lima v2.0 (November 2025) that facilitates using Lima with AI: - Plugin infrastructure - GPU acceleration - MCP server - CLI improvements

Web site: https://lima-vm.io GitHub: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima