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🧱 easy, fast, programmable and local-first microVM runtime and library

19 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 4 stories, 15 comments · first 2025-05-22 · latest 2026-10-01

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  1. amazing! any point of comparison with microsandbox? [0] [0] https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox
    comment by zmmmmm · 2026-10-01 · in 5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs
  2. what about msb? https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox
    comment by nilleb · 2026-09-21 · in AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator
  3. microsandbox is open-source and runs on linux, macos and windows: https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox/
    comment by appcypher · 2026-08-31 · in We rebuilt the Linux MicroVM stack on Apple Silicon
  4. it's been mentioned on this thread already, we think https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox/ is the closest OSS to it and we have a great DX and improving.
    comment by appcypher · 2026-08-11 · in Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
  5. There's also microsandbox which has similar features: https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox (Not affiliated with them, just tried it out last week.)
    comment by icedchai · 2026-08-10 · in Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
  6. …on top of it ( https://github.com/isolade/isolade ). Microsandbox is quite cool, check it out: https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox
    comment by jachris · 2026-08-10 · in Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
  7. BETA: I have been following https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox a bit, very simple to get started with at least.
    comment by dagss · 2026-07-27 · in Securing Services with Rootless Containers
  8. I can recommend microsandbox. More mature than smolmachines. I have tried both. https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox
    comment by mgrandl · 2026-06-08 · in Podman 6: machine usability improvements (2025)
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    Microsandbox – local-first programmable micro VMs
    story by appcypher · 2026-06-06 · 0 comments
  10. …be nicer. [1] https://github.com/ogulcancelik/herdr [2] https://github.com/always-further/nono [3] https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox
    comment by jpeeler · 2026-06-06 · in Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?
  11. …perform like containers" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44137501 microsandbox/microsandbox: https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox : > opensource self-hosted sandboxes for ai agents
    comment by westurner · 2026-02-26 · in Just-bash: Bash for Agents
  12. …I think you might want to wait until you actually have Windows covered before making claims like https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox/blob/main/MSB_V...
    comment by int_19h · 2025-05-31 · in Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
  13. …skip the `with` context manager and call start and stop yourself. There is an example of that here: https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox/blob/0c13fc27ab...
    comment by appcypher · 2025-05-30 · in Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
  14. Yes! With the `scope` property. https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox/blob/0c13fc27ab...
    comment by appcypher · 2025-05-30 · in Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
  15. …I can use it to spin up backends on the fly? You have an ambitious list of languages to support: https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox/tree/main/sdk edit: A fleshed out contributors guide to add support for a new language would…
    comment by esafak · 2025-05-30 · in Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
  16. …This is if I want to add my own packages. Would this be just having my own requirements file here - https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox/blob/main/MSB_V...
    comment by Tsarp · 2025-05-30 · in Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
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    Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers
    story by makeboss · 2025-05-30 · 186 comments
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    Show HN: I built a self-hosted alternative to OpenAI Code Interpreter
    story by appcypher · 2025-05-26 · 0 comments
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    Show HN: Secure Execution of AI-Generated Code Locally on macOS/Linux MicroVMs
    story by appcypher · 2025-05-22 · 0 comments