Sandboxie Plus Alternatives for Linux

Sandboxie Plus is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Firejail, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sandboxie Plus and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Sandboxie Plus are Cuckoo Sandbox, Bubblewrap, Tree Sandbox and runc.

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  1. 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.

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  2. Cuckoo Sandbox icon
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    Cuckoo Sandbox is a modular, automated malware analysis system. Running from command-line on a Linux or Mac host, it uses python and virtualization (VirtualBox, QEMU-KVM, etc) to create an isolated Windows guest environment to safely and automatically run and analyze files to...

    38 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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  3. Bubblewrap icon
     4 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. 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;...

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

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    • Linux
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  6. mbox icon
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    Mbox is a lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges in commodity operating systems.

    14 mbox alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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