Sandboxie Alternatives for Linux

Sandboxie 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 and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Sandboxie are Cuckoo Sandbox, Qu1cksc0pe, Bubblewrap and Tree Sandbox.

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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.

    21 Firejail alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  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...

    35 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  3. Qu1cksc0pe icon
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    All-in-One malware analysis tool for analyze many file types, from Windows binaries to E-Mail files.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Python
     
  4. Bubblewrap icon
     3 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. "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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. runc icon
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    CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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