Cuckoo Sandbox Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Cuckoo Sandbox for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is VirusTotal. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VirusTotal or Firejail. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cuckoo Sandbox and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Cuckoo Sandbox are Bubblewrap, Tree Sandbox, ThreatCheck and FAME Automates Malware Evaluation.

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  1. VirusTotal icon
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    VirusTotal inspects files, domains, IPs, and URLs with over 70 antivirus scanners, sharing results with the community to raise global IT security. The service also supports various submission methods including web interface, API, and extensions, free for non-commercial end-users.

    62 VirusTotal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android Tablet
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  2. Firejail icon
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    Firejail is a SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.

    23 Firejail alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. Qu1cksc0pe icon
     2 likes

    All-in-One malware analysis tool for analyze many file types, from Windows binaries to E-Mail files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Python
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  4. Bubblewrap icon
     4 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Tree Sandbox icon
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    "Tree-shaped" sandbox: multi-layer nesting and branching, like a “tree” composed of multiple sub-containers. A sandbox is composed of multiple layered sub-containers. With this design, “untrusted” procs and “semi-trusted” procs run in different layers of a sandbox;...

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. ThreatCheck icon
     1 like

    A malware-analysis tool that identify the exact position and details of malicious content in binary files using external Anti-Virus scanners. Supports all AV scanners.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. It is meant to facilitate analysis of malicious files, leveraging as much knowledge as possible in order to speed up and automate end-to-end analysis.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  8. Malice icon
     2 likes

    Malice's mission is to be a free open source version of VirusTotal that anyone can use at any scale from an independent researcher to a fortune 500 company.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. mbox icon
     3 likes

    Mbox is a lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges in commodity operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. PyREbox icon
     1 like

    Cisco Talos's PyREbox is a python QEMU-based sandbox environment designed to aid in reverse engineering. It can be used for security researchers to aid them in malware analysis, or for general developers with debugging their applications.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • QEMU
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  11. Malwagon icon
     1 like

    Automated malware analysis sandbox that detonates files, URLs, documents and Windows kernel drivers in isolated virtual machines and returns a scored verdict.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  12. runc icon
     Like

    CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Linux
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