{
  "type": "option",
  "name": "Miden VM",
  "slug": "miden-vm",
  "section": {
    "id": "frameworks",
    "number": "02",
    "title": "Choosing a framework",
    "url": "https://zkpick.com/frameworks/"
  },
  "url": "https://zkpick.com/frameworks/miden-vm/",
  "markdown": "https://zkpick.com/md/frameworks/miden-vm.md",
  "category": "zkVM (stack-based)",
  "summary": "Miden VM: zkVM (stack-based). Kind: zkVM (stack-based). Arithmetisation / backend: STARK, custom ISA. Setup: None. Maintained by: Miden (Polygon spin-out). Licence: MIT / Apache-2.0. Status: Actively developed; mainnet launch announced for 2026. Choose it when: Applications needing client-side proving and programmable privacy. Less compelling as a general-purpose off-chain proving engine.",
  "description": "A STARK-based virtual machine with its own assembly language and a Rust compiler target, purpose-built for client-side proving and programmable privacy — a design point most general zkVMs do not target.",
  "notes": [],
  "sections": [],
  "strengths": [
    "Explicitly designed for client-side proving and programmable privacy",
    "No trusted setup",
    "Very actively developed under a permissive dual licence"
  ],
  "tradeoffs": [
    "Its own assembly and execution model, so no reuse of the RISC-V toolchain ecosystem",
    "The network's mainnet launch was announced for 2026; production evidence is limited until it has been live for a while — confirm the current status",
    "Smaller ecosystem and thinner third-party audit and tooling coverage than the RISC-V majors"
  ],
  "bestFit": "Applications needing client-side proving and programmable privacy. Less compelling as a general-purpose off-chain proving engine.",
  "maintainers": "Miden (spun out of Polygon Labs)",
  "maturity": "Actively developed; mainnet launch announced for 2026",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "source": "https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm",
  "facts": [
    {
      "table": "Framework selection matrix",
      "url": "https://zkpick.com/frameworks/#frameworks-matrix-miden-vm",
      "name": "Miden VM",
      "kind": "zkVM (stack-based)",
      "arith": "STARK, custom ISA",
      "setup": "None",
      "by": "Miden (Polygon spin-out)",
      "license": "MIT / Apache-2.0",
      "status": "Actively developed; mainnet launch announced for 2026"
    }
  ],
  "relatedFailureModes": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Miden VM — stack-based STARK VM",
      "url": "https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm",
      "kind": "project"
    }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-09-12",
  "version": "1.3",
  "canonical": "https://zkpick.com/frameworks/miden-vm/",
  "authors": [
    "MarketComp"
  ]
}