WinJail Alternatives

Apps similar to WinJail include Firejail, which is free and open source. Other options are SHADE Sandbox, Bubblewrap, Sandboxie and Tree Sandbox. In total there are eight Virtualization Tools like WinJail for Linux and Windows.

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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.

    23 Firejail alternatives

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    • Linux
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  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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. Bubblewrap icon
     4 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    20 Bubblewrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    13 Sandboxie alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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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;...

    18 Tree Sandbox alternatives

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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. runc icon
     Like

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

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    • Linux
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