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Products that do what SHURU does

Local-First Sandboxes for AI Agents on macOS.

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    Osaurus540

    Open source agents that run 100% locally on your Mac

    Jul 2026 · osaurus.ai

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    Dify.AI261

    Open-source platform for LLMOps, define your AI-native apps

    2023

  3. 3WM

    We wrote our inference engine on Rust, it is faster than llama cpp in all of the use cases. Your feedback is very welcomed. Written from scratch with idea that you can add support of any kernel and platform.

    2025 · github.com

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    Clide 93

    Grid-layout terminal with an AI that drives your shells.

    Apr 2026 · clide.app

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    Open-source homeserver OS with a built-in AI agent

    Jul 2026 · livinity.io

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    Keel124

    An AI assistant whose memory belongs to you

    May 2026 · keel-labs.org

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    On-demand sandboxes for AI Agents

    Mar 2026 · paperpod.dev

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    Naseem76

    A native AI agent that does real work on your Mac

    6d ago · ayman3000.github.io

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    Open-source, self-hostable runtime for managed AI agents

    May 2026 · linchpin.work

  10. 10MO

    Hey everyone, We're excited to introduce MarinaBox, an open-source toolkit for creating isolated desktop/browser sandboxes tailored for AI agents. Over the past few months, we've worked on various projects involving: 1. AI agents interacting with computers (think Claude computer-use scenarios). 2. Browser automation for AI agents using tools like Playwright and Selenium. 3. Applications that need a live-session view to monitor AI agents' actions, with the ability for human-in-the-loop intervention. What we learned: All these scenarios share a common need for robust infrastructure. So,…

    2024 · github.com

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    co/core27

    An AI cooperative. Local models on spare macs.

    Jun 2026 · cocore.dev

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    The Stateful, Air-Gapped Java AI Agent Container.

    Jun 2026 · asi.anahata.uno

  13. 13PS

    I didn't want to buy a standalone computer or repurpose a laptop to run constantly so I could maintain a system to sync my LLMs, so I built this. It's a simple overview of my system, laid out in a way easy to unpack and replicate for yourself. The project is meant to be configured individually, and uniquely, since one solution might not be what's best for another. If anything, maybe it gives you some ideas on how to implement things for your own project. Best wishes, Ryan.

    28d ago · pacslate.com

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    Run AI Agents at Scale, Reliable and Fast

    Sep 2025

  15. 15RA

    Hey HN, I built SuperHQ, an app that lets you run coding agents in local sandboxes (powered by Shuru). No custom UI wrapping the agents, they run as CLI/TUI like they were designed to. It just provides you the tools most of us (okay, maybe just me?) needed for running multiple coding agents in parallel without worrying about breaking your system or work environment. Each agent runs in its own microVM. You mount your projects in, writes go to a tmpfs overlay so your host is never touched, and you get a unified diff view to accept or discard changes. API keys never enter the sandbox, they…

    Apr 2026 · superhq.ai

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    Run AI models locally on your Mac

    Nov 2025

  17. 17SA

    Since I mostly work within the terminal, I wanted an AI coding assistant that integrates seamlessly with it. Something I could call from SSH, integrate into scripts or just invoke quickly without leaving the shell. Most existing tools (at the time) were either closed, required various dependencies, or tied to a specific vendor. I wanted a free, open-source alternative that: - installs with a single binary (useful on bare servers) - talks to any LLM endpoint and especially self-hosted open weight model - could run headless, composable, and Unix-like SHAI stands for SHell AI! Along the way I…

    Oct 2025 · github.com

  18. 18CB

    We just open-sourced Computer, a Computer-Use Interface (CUI) framework that enables AI agents to interact with isolated macOS and Linux sandboxes, with near-native performance on Apple Silicon. Computer provides a PyAutoGUI-compatible interface that can be plugged into any AI agent system (OpenAI Agents SDK , Langchain, CrewAI, AutoGen, etc.). Why Computer? As CUA AI agents become more capable, they need secure environments to operate in. Computer solves this with: • Isolation: Run agents in sandboxes completely separate from your host system. • Reliability: Create reproducible environments…

    2025 · github.com

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    Managed cloud for open-source AI agents

    Jul 2026 · mantlecore.ai

  21. 21RA

    Hi HN folks, I have been building AI agents for quite some time now. The shift has gone from LLM + Tools → LLM Workflows → Agent + Tools + Memory, and now we are finally seeing true agency emerge: agents as systems composed of tools, command-line access, fine-grained system capabilities, and memory. This way of building agents is powerful, and I believe it is here to stay. But the real question is: are the systems powering these agents ready for that future? I do not think so. Using Docker for a single agent is not going to scale well, because agents need to be lightweight and fast. LLMs…

    Mar 2026 · github.com

  22. 22FA
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    Offline AI with online search & memory capability.

    May 2026 · middae.itch.io

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    The Control Plane for Governed and Audited AI Agent Actions.

    Apr 2026 · taskora.eu

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