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HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM)
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HHVM
Free
Open-source virtual machine for Hack programs
Read 8 Oct 2026 · hhvm.com
On the record
- Community support
- The documentation links to the Hack and HHVM GitHub repositories, a Facebook Group, and project social accounts as community resources.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- HHVM documentation covers built-in and dynamic extensions that it currently supports.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Guest architecture
- x86_64hhvm.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Host platforms
- Linuxhhvm.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation describes using FastCGI with Apache 2.4 through mod_proxy_fcgi and with nginx.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Language support
- HHVM supports the Hack programming language.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The documentation footer identifies Meta Platforms, Inc. as its publisher.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- HHVM is an open-source virtual machine designed to execute programs written in Hack.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- HHVM compiles Hack to intermediate bytecode and uses a just-in-time compiler to translate it into x64 machine code at runtime.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Source builds
- HHVM can be compiled from source to use code as it is checked into GitHub.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support cadence
- The project says it makes changes daily and releases often, and asks users to open GitHub issues for regressions in the typechecker or runtime.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Supported installs
- Official prebuilt packages are available for several versions of Debian and Ubuntu, and supported LTS releases are offered for those distributions.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Typechecker
- The Hack Typechecker is included whether HHVM is installed from a prebuilt package or compiled from source.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Web serving
- HHVM has built-in Proxygen and FastCGI server modes; Proxygen is a web server built into HHVM, while FastCGI requires a compatible front-end web server.docs.hhvm.com · read 8 Oct 2026
