microsoft/litebox
A security-focused library OS supporting kernel- and user-mode execution
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 29 days ago, with 19 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #9 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 8, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a security-focused library OS that supports execution in both kernel and user modes with a minimal host interface.
- Reduces attack surface by drastically cutting down the interface to the host while enabling flexible interoperation between different platform and shim layers.
- Use for sandboxing Linux applications on Linux to enhance security by isolating them from the host system.
- Use for running unmodified Linux programs on Windows to enable cross-platform compatibility without modification.
- Use for executing programs on specialized environments like SEV SNP or OP-TEE to leverage hardware-based security features.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
A security-focused library OS
LiteBox is a sandboxing library OS that drastically cuts down the interface to the host, thereby reducing attack surface. It focuses on easy interop of various "North" shims and "South" platforms. LiteBox is designed for usage in both kernel and non-kernel scenarios.
LiteBox exposes a Rust-y
nix/rustix-inspired "North" interface when it is provided aPlatforminterface at its "South". These interfaces allow for a wide variety of use-cases, easily allowing for connection between any of the North--South pairs.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
185+50
Open issues
158+28
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| cloudflare/security-audit-skill | 61.7K | +8.8K | 17 | — |
| KeygraphHQ/shannon | 51.2K | +1.1K | 32 | 8 days ago |
| vxcontrol/pentagi | 33.5K | +712 | 38 | 31 days ago |
| Asymptote-Labs/agent-beacon | 3.3K | +360 | 40 | today |
| caddyserver/caddy | 78.8K | +267 | 60 | 1 day ago |
| microsoft/litebox | 3.3K | — | 51 | 29 days ago |
| Category median | 51.2K | +712 | 38 | — |
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