GitHub - boxlite-ai/boxlite: Local-first sandbox for AI agents.

import asyncio
import boxlite


async def main():
    async with boxlite.SimpleBox(image="python:slim") as box:
        result = await box.exec("python", "-c", "print('Hello from BoxLite!')")
        print(result.stdout)


asyncio.run(main())

npm install @boxlite-ai/boxlite

import { SimpleBox } from '@boxlite-ai/boxlite';

async function main() {
  const box = new SimpleBox({ image: 'python:slim' });
  try {
    const result = await box.exec('python', '-c', "print('Hello from BoxLite!')");
    console.log(result.stdout);
  } finally {
    await box.stop();
  }
}

main();

[dependencies]
boxlite = { git = "https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite" }

use boxlite::{BoxCommand, BoxOptions, BoxliteRuntime, RootfsSpec};
use futures::StreamExt;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let runtime = BoxliteRuntime::default_runtime();
    let options = BoxOptions {
        rootfs: RootfsSpec::Image("alpine:latest".into()),
        ..Default::default()
    };

    let litebox = runtime.create(options, None).await?;
    let mut execution = litebox
        .exec(BoxCommand::new("echo").arg("Hello from BoxLite!"))
        .await?;

    let mut stdout = execution.stdout().unwrap();
    while let Some(line) = stdout.next().await {
        println!("{}", line);
    }

    Ok(())
}

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Your Application                                            │
│  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │  BoxLite Runtime (embedded library)                   │   │
│  │                                                        │   │
│  │  ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════╗   │   │
│  │  ║ Jailer (OS-level sandbox)                      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  │  Box A   │  │  Box B   │  │  Box C   │      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  │ (VM+Shim)│  │ (VM+Shim)│  │ (VM+Shim)│      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  │┌────────┐│  │┌────────┐│  │┌────────┐│      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  ││Container││  ││Container││  ││Container││      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  │└────────┘│  │└────────┘│  │└────────┘│      ║   │   │
│  │  ║  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘      ║   │   │
│  │  ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝   │   │
│  └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
              Hardware Virtualization + OS Sandboxing
             (KVM/Hypervisor.framework + seccomp/sandbox-exec)