MonsterVM Project Structure

This document outlines the official structure of the MonsterVM project—a modern, performance-focused virtualization engine.

monstervm/
├── Cargo.toml                    # Project metadata and dependencies
├── README.md                     # Documentation and usage instructions
├── build.rs                      # Build script for assembly components
│
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs                   # CLI entry point and argument parsing
│
│   ├── cli/                      # Command-line interface implementation
│   │   ├── mod.rs                # Module exports
│   │   ├── commands.rs           # CLI commands (create, start, stop, etc.)
│   │   ├── console.rs            # Terminal interface to VMs
│   │   ├── formatter.rs          # Output formatting utilities
│   │   └── interactive.rs        # REPL-based control interface
│
│   ├── core/                     # Core virtualization engine
│   │   ├── mod.rs                # Core module entry point
│   │   ├── vm.rs                 # Main VM structure and lifecycle
│   │   ├── cpu.rs                # Basic x86 CPU emulation
│   │   ├── memory.rs             # Memory and MMU management
│   │   ├── devices/              # Virtual hardware modules
│   │   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   │   ├── serial.rs         # Serial console
│   │   │   ├── disk.rs           # Virtual disk controller
│   │   │   ├── keyboard.rs       # Keyboard input
│   │   │   └── timer.rs          # System timer
│   │   └── asm/                  # Low-level assembly routines
│   │       ├── boot.asm          # Bootloader
│   │       └── helpers.s         # Optimized operations
│
│   ├── hypervisor/               # Platform abstraction backends
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── kvm.rs                # Linux KVM integration
│   │   ├── hvf.rs                # macOS Hypervisor.framework support
│   │   └── traits.rs             # Backend interface traits
│
│   ├── storage/                  # Virtual disk storage formats
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── qcow2.rs              # QCOW2 format support
│   │   ├── raw.rs                # Raw disk image support
│   │   └── snapshot.rs           # Snapshot management
│
│   ├── network/                  # Basic networking support
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── tap.rs                # TAP device interface
│   │   └── nat.rs                # Network address translation
│
│   ├── security/                 # Security features
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── sandbox.rs            # Process isolation
│   │   ├── monitor.rs            # Runtime monitoring
│   │   └── forensics.rs          # Memory inspection and analysis
│
│   └── utils/                    # Utilities and shared components
│       ├── mod.rs
│       ├── error.rs              # Error definitions
│       ├── config.rs             # Configuration parsing
│       └── logger.rs             # Logging setup
│
├── tests/                        # Testing suite
│   ├── integration/              # End-to-end tests
│   └── unit/                     # Component-level tests
│
└── examples/                     # Demonstrative usage
    ├── basic_vm.rs               # Minimal VM startup
    ├── security_lab.rs           # Security use cases
    └── automated_analysis.rs     # Batch operations

Key Technologies

• Language: Rust
• CLI Framework: clap
• Web Framework: axum
• Async Runtime: tokio
• Terminal UI: ratatui
• Assembly: NASM (x86 support)
• WebSockets: Via axum and tokio
• Testing: Rust native testing framework
• Memory Mapping: mmap for optimized file access
• AI Integration (optional): Lightweight Python models via FFI