Firejail Alternatives

Firejail is described as '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' and is a Virtualization tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Firejail for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Firejail alternative is Sandboxie Plus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Firejail are Windows Sandbox, AppArmor, Cuckoo Sandbox and SELinux.

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  1. Windows Sandbox icon
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    a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

    59 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  2. AppArmor icon
     9 likes

    A Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system which is a kernel (LSM) enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources.

    8 AppArmor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Cuckoo Sandbox icon
     26 likes

    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...

    35 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
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  4. SELinux icon
     9 likes

    Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a role-based access control solution, developed by the US spying agency NSA and Red Hat, for internal and general use.

    5 SELinux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. ANY.RUN icon
     19 likes

    ANY.RUN is interactive sandbox simplifies malware analysis of threats that target both Windows and Linux systems. ANY.RUN's threat intelligence products, TI Lookup, Yara Search and Feeds, help you find IOCs or files to learn more about the threats and respond to incidents faster.

    38 ANY.RUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Sandboxie icon
     5 likes

    The original Sandboxie Plus (Classic) application, now open source and as Sandboxie-Plus.

    12 Sandboxie alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Shadow Defender icon
     30 likes

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business, or public environments without performance loss.

    13 Shadow Defender alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Bubblewrap icon
     3 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. SHADE Sandbox icon
     17 likes

    SHADE Sandbox is an alternative for antivirus and a tool for virtualization. It locally virtualizes applications (i.e. internet browsers) and locks all incoming internet files and possible viruses in its safe virtual environment - a “sandbox”, keeping them isolated from the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. The Virtual Environment for secured and comfortable Web Browsing: On the basis of a “Browser-in-the-Box” concept a virtual machine is provided with a reduced operating system and a web browser encapsulated therein.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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