arcboxlabs / arcbox
Run AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <100ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
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.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 7 days ago
- Stars
- 4,301
- +49 this week
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- Mac
- From the latest release
- Latest version
- v0.11.3
- Released 9 days ago
- Built with
- Rust
- 91% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 2
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 72% closed
- 32 still open
- Pull requests
- 582 merged
- 5 waiting
- Releases
- 120
- 30+ in the last year
- Contributing guide (opens in new tab)
- Security policy (opens in new tab)
- No code of conduct
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Rust 91%
- Python 4%
- TypeScript 3%
- Shell 1%
Topics
- ai-agents
- computer-use
- containers
- docker
- firecracker
- microvm
- rust
- sandbox
- virtual-machine
- virtualization
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits3,019
- Forks184
- Watching90
- Stars in 28 days+87
- CreatedJan 4, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 10, 2026