Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:59:42 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Hayzam Sherif <hayzam@alchemilla.io> Subject: git: c49c5e5b0b - main - Status/2026Q1/sylve.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <69da1b8e.18529.7f3b3331@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c49c5e5b0b50526a9f687513b7bdf699e2827f27 commit c49c5e5b0b50526a9f687513b7bdf699e2827f27 Author: Hayzam Sherif <hayzam@alchemilla.io> AuthorDate: 2026-04-01 07:15:01 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-04-11 09:59:33 +0000 Status/2026Q1/sylve.adoc: Add report Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/640 --- .../en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/sylve.adoc | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/sylve.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/sylve.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..89e6a58f53 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/sylve.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +=== Sylve -- A Unified System Management Platform for FreeBSD + +Links: + +link:https://sylve.io[Website] URL: link:https://sylve.io[] + +link:https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve[GitHub] URL: link:https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve[] + +link:https://sylve-ci.alchemilla.io[CI] URL: link:https://sylve-ci.alchemilla.io[] + +link:https://discord.gg/bJB826JvXK[Discord] URL: link:https://discord.gg/bJB826JvXK[] + +Contact: Hayzam Sherif <hayzam@alchemilla.io> + +Sylve is a modern, unified system management platform for FreeBSD. +It provides an integrated web interface for managing virtual machines (via Bhyve), Jails, the networking around them, and ZFS storage. + +The backend is implemented in Go, while the frontend is built with Svelte. +The project emphasizes a minimal system footprint. +By default, it does not require any packages outside of the base system. + +At the end of this quarter, we made our first v0.1.0 release of Sylve, and at the time of writing this article, we are at v0.2.3. + +Optional runtime dependencies, required only when their respective features are used, include: + +- package:devel/libvirt[] for virtualization +- package:devel/qemu[devel/qemu-tools] for disk image management +- package:net/samba419[] for SMB file sharing +- package:sysutils/swtpm[] for TPM emulation support +- package:dns/dnsmasq[] for DHCP and DNS services + +The port pulls in these dependencies for convenience to the user, but by itself, Sylve needs no dependencies to run. + +==== Q1 Progress Highlights + +===== Data Center / Cluster + +* Improved how clusters are created and managed, making setups quicker and less prone to errors. +* Implemented a backup solution using package:sysutils/zelta[], which supports backing up VMs, Jails, and custom datasets on a schedule without the need for custom software running on the target host (except SSH and ZFS). + +===== Jails + +* Snapshots for Jails (including their configs) are now supported directly from the Jail-specific UI. +* Added Wake-On-LAN support for Jails with VNET. +* Improved customizability of Jails by allowing users to specify a wide variety of supported options (hooks, DevFS ruleset, metadata, etc.). +* Added support for a Ghostty (Zig/WASM)-based web terminal. +* Linux jails now support static IP configuration. +* A templating feature is now implemented for Jails; a Jail can be converted to a template and then cloned any number of times. +* Start/Stop lifecycles and the associated UI have been significantly improved to make use of our built-in queue system, providing a faster and smoother user experience. + +===== Virtual Machines + +* Snapshots for VMs (including their configs) are now supported directly from the VM-specific UI. +* 9P Filesystem support was implemented for quick sharing of folders between guest and host. +* QEMU guest agent support was added for retrieving basic system and networking information. +* Reboot/Start/Stop lifecycles and the associated UI have been significantly improved to make use of our built-in queue system, providing a faster and smoother user experience. +* Added support for a Ghostty (Zig/WASM)-based web terminal for the serial console. +* A templating feature is now implemented for VMs; a VM can be converted to a template and then cloned any number of times. +* CPU Pinning has been reworked significantly, specifically to add support for multi-socket systems. + +===== Authentication + +* Passkey support was added for easy logins without the need to enter passwords. + +===== Utilities + +* The downloader now also supports uploads. +* Queuing has been significantly improved for the downloader to make it more performant. + +===== General + +We have also made numerous improvements to the UI/UX, performance optimizations, and bug fixes across the platform. +Some of these include: + +* PCI Passthrough support has been significantly improved and now includes a "Prepare Passthrough" button, which prepares a PCI device for passthrough, making it available for use with VMs after a system reboot. +* Removed several NPM libraries in favor of custom-built alternatives or vendored-in dependencies to reduce the risk of supply chain attacks. +* Made numerous performance optimizations to reduce RAM and CPU usage on the frontend. +* Migrated the CI system from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, which now uses sysroots to build, allowing us to achieve faster build times. +* Most of the telemetry data has been moved from the main SQLite database to a new telemetry database. +This reduces the risk of locks on the primary DB, thereby increasing performance. +* Wrote initial documentation and deployment guides for users to get started. + +==== Roadmap Update + +* Address user feedback. +* Work on integrating more features (NFS Shares, NAT/Traffic Rules UI, etc.). + +Sponsors: The FreeBSD Foundation, Alchemilla Ventures (Development), IPTechnics LLC (Infrastructure & Testing)home | help
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