WinJail Alternatives

WinJail is described as 'Sandboxing software for Windows OS WinJail is full implementation of chroot, with additional features like "copy-on-write" mechanism applied to chroot'ed files, additional registry based chroot, and more' and is an app. There are six alternatives to WinJail for Linux and Windows. The best WinJail alternative is Firejail, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinJail are SHADE Sandbox, Sandboxie, Bubblewrap and mbox.

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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.

    20 Firejail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Firejail is the most popular Linux alternative to WinJail.

    • Firejail is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinJail.

    • Firejail is Free and Open SourceWinJail is Paid and Proprietary
  2. SHADE Sandbox icon
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    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...

    15 SHADE Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • SHADE Sandbox is the most popular Windows alternative to WinJail.

    • SHADE Sandbox is the most popular commercial alternative to WinJail.

    • SHADE Sandbox is Paid and ProprietaryWinJail is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Sandboxie icon
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    The original Sandboxie Plus (Classic) application, now open source and as Sandboxie-Plus.

    11 Sandboxie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Bubblewrap icon
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    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    18 Bubblewrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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