







Local-first microVM sandbox for AI agents on macOS, with experimental Linux ARM64 support
VMPal | Virtual Machines for Apple Silicon and AI Agents
macOS, Windows and Linux side by side on your Mac. Downloaded and installed for you, in minutes.

microsandbox - Every agent deserves its own machine
Run lightweight microVMs locally. Programmable networking, custom filesystems, secrets that never leak.
smol-machines/smolvm
An embeddable, portable, branchable virtual machine to safely run Agents locally.
earendil-works/gondolin
Experimental Linux microvm setup with a TypeScript Control Plane as Agent Sandbox
Introducing Deno Sandbox | Deno
Instant Linux microVMs with defense-in-depth security for running untrusted code.

coderunner/install.sh at main · instavm/coderunner
A local sandbox for your AI agents. Contribute to instavm/coderunner development by creating an account on GitHub.
grith — Zero Trust for AI Agents
Security-first local AI agent platform with per-syscall interception and multi-filter scoring.
Mount Thor — AI Execution Environments on Apple Hardware
Managed macOS environments for AI workloads that require native desktop access, persistent state, or model inference on Apple silicon.

A thousand ways to sandbox an agent
There are a thousand ways to sandbox an agent. Okay, I lied. There are three: simulated, containers, and microVMs. Here's when to use each.

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon
Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon
Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

mcp.run - Universal Tools For AI Through An App Store for AI Agents
Locally AI - Run AI models locally on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Run Llama, Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, and more on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Optimized for Apple Silicon. Offline. Private.

agentOS — A faster, lighter, cheaper alternative to sandboxes
A portable open-source operating system for agents. Stateful runtime, universal agent interface, and secure code execution. One SDK, deploy anywhere.
