diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4eda787b73..769879c7aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -142,105 +142,39 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install virtiofsd
         run: cargo install virtiofsd
       - name: Test dev profile
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p foo
-          virtiofsd --socket-path=./vhostqemu --shared-dir ./foo --announce-submounts --sandbox none --seccomp none --inode-file-handles=never &
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -smp 1 -m 1G -serial stdio \
-            -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhostqemu \
-            -device vhost-user-fs-pci,queue-size=1024,chardev=char0,tag=root \
-            -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on -numa node,memdev=mem \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/debug/rusty_demo
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package rusty_demo --virtiofsd
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build release profile
         run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --package rusty_demo --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --release --features pci-ids
       - name: Test release profile
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p foo
-          virtiofsd --socket-path=./vhostqemu --shared-dir ./foo --announce-submounts --sandbox none --seccomp none --inode-file-handles=never &
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -smp 1 -m 1G -serial stdio \
-            -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhostqemu \
-            -device vhost-user-fs-pci,queue-size=1024,chardev=char0,tag=root \
-            -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on -numa node,memdev=mem \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/rusty_demo
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package rusty_demo --virtiofsd --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (debug, rtl8139)
-        run:
-          cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4,rtl8139
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4,rtl8139
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (debug, rtl8139)
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 -display none -m 128M -serial stdio \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/debug/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device rtl8139,netdev=u1 &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package httpd --netdev rtl8139
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
-        run:
-            cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 -display none -m 512M -serial stdio \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/debug/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=u1,disable-legacy=on &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package httpd --netdev virtio-net-pci
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (release, rtl8139)
-        run:
-          cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4,rtl8139
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4,rtl8139
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (release, rtl8139)
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 -display none -m 128M -serial stdio \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device rtl8139,netdev=u1 &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package httpd --netdev rtl8139 --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (release, virtio-net)
-        run:
-          cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (release, virtio-net)
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 -display none -m 512M -serial stdio \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=u1,disable-legacy=on &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package httpd --netdev virtio-net-pci --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build minimal profile
         run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --no-default-features --release --package hello_world
       - name: Test minimal profile
         id: minimal
-        run: |
-          FREQ=`grep 'cpu MHz' /proc/cpuinfo | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $2}' | awk '{printf("%d\n",$1 + 0.5)}'`
-          echo "FREQ = $FREQ"
-          qemu-system-x86_64 \
-            -M microvm,x-option-roms=off,pit=off,pic=off,rtc=on \
-            -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=on -nodefaults -no-user-config \
-            -display none -smp 1 -m 64M -serial stdio \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
-            -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/hello_world \
-            -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr \
-            -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 \
-            -append "-freq $FREQ" \
-            || qemu_status=$?
-          test $qemu_status -eq 3
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch x86_64 --package hello_world --microvm --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel
   
   run-aarch64:
     name: Run Hermit for Rust (aarch64)
@@ -271,48 +205,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build dev profile
         run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package rusty_demo --features pci-ids
       - name: Test dev kernel
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-aarch64 -semihosting \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-aarch64 -machine virt,gic-version=3 \
-            -m 512M -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 1 -display none -serial stdio \
-            -device guest-loader,addr=0x48000000,initrd=target/aarch64-unknown-hermit/debug/rusty_demo
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch aarch64 --package rusty_demo
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build release profile
         run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package rusty_demo --release --features pci-ids
       - name: Test release kernel
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-aarch64 -semihosting \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-aarch64 -machine virt,gic-version=3 \
-            -m 512M -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 1 -display none -serial stdio \
-            -device guest-loader,addr=0x48000000,initrd=target/aarch64-unknown-hermit/release/rusty_demo
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch aarch64 --package rusty_demo --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (debug)
-        run:
-          cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --features ci,dhcpv4
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
         # FIXME: Make test less flaky and remove continue-on-error
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-aarch64 -semihosting \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-aarch64 -machine virt,gic-version=3 \
-            -m 512M -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 1 -display none -serial stdio \
-            -device guest-loader,addr=0x48000000,initrd=target/aarch64-unknown-hermit/debug/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=u1,disable-legacy=on &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch aarch64 --package httpd --netdev virtio-net-pci
+        working-directory: ./kernel
       - name: Build httpd with DHCP support (release)
-        run:
-          cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4
+        run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target aarch64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --features ci,dhcpv4
       - name: Test httpd with DHCP support (release, virtio-net)
         # FIXME: Make test less flaky and remove continue-on-error
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          qemu-system-aarch64 -semihosting \
-            -kernel rusty-loader-aarch64 -machine virt,gic-version=3 \
-            -m 512M -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 1 -display none -serial stdio \
-            -device guest-loader,addr=0x48000000,initrd=target/aarch64-unknown-hermit/release/httpd \
-            -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
-            -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=u1,disable-legacy=on &
-            sleep 5
-            curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
-            sleep 1
+        run: cargo xtask qemu --arch aarch64 --package httpd --netdev virtio-net-pci --release
+        working-directory: ./kernel