arcboxlabs/arcbox
Run AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <100ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.
Build with Backblaze B2
SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 13 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Runs AI agents, containers, and full VMs on macOS with fast boot times using a Rust-based container and VM runtime.
- Offers an open-source, low-overhead alternative to Docker Desktop with native Kubernetes, multi-architecture support, and integrated sandboxing.
- Use for running Docker-compatible containers and Kubernetes clusters locally on Apple Silicon Macs with seamless x86_64 image translation.
- Use for isolating AI agents or untrusted code in disposable microVM sandboxes with near-instant startup and secure environment separation.
- Use for creating full Linux or macOS virtual machines with persistent storage and custom distros for development or CI workloads.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
A fast, open-source container and VM runtime for macOS.
Built from scratch in Rust. Drop-in Docker, agent sandboxes, native Kubernetes, and full Linux and macOS VMs.
ArcBox is an open-source alternative to Docker Desktop and OrbStack on macOS. OrbStack set the bar for running Docker on a Mac quickly and with little overhead, but it is closed-source. ArcBox is open source under MIT/Apache-2.0 and written from scratch in Rust — its own VMM, VirtIO devices, filesystem sharing, and network datapath — and aims to match it.
One daemon, one CLI, four kinds of workload on the same runtime:
The sandbox you run locally is the same primitive ArcBox Platform runs in the cloud, so you can build against local sandboxes and scale to a fleet without changing your code.
ArcBox is in public beta. Join us on Discord, or open an issue.
Run
abctl doctorto check the runtime, andabctl --helpto see every command.
Daily snapshots
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+1,793 stars over 64 days across 20 snapshot days; best day +614 on Sep 6.
Forks
184+119
Open issues
37-5
Compared with peers in AI Agents
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vercel-labs/agent-desktop | 17.0K | +13.3K | 33 | today |
| thedotmack/claude-mem | 113.6K | +8.8K | 35 | today |
| stablyai/orca | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | today |
| milind-soni/OpenMausBot | 13.5K | +6.0K | 45 | today |
| HKUDS/DeepTutor | 55.5K | +5.5K | 65 | 5 days ago |
| arcboxlabs/arcbox | 4.2K | — | 60 | 1 day ago |
| Category median | 55.5K | +6.6K | 40 | — |
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