Arrakis – Open-source, self-hostable sandboxing service for AI Agents
Hi HN! My name is Abhishek. I've spent my career working on Operating Systems and Infrastructure at places like Replit, Google, and Microsoft. Today, I'm excited to launch Arrakis: an open-source and self-hostable sandboxing service designed to let AI Agents execute code and operate a GUI securely. GitHub: https://github.com/abshkbh/arrakis Watch Claude build a live Google Docs clone using Arrakis via MCP – with no re-prompting or interruption. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5cAnhAdPQ Key Features - Self-hostable: Run it on your own infra or Linux…
Arrakis – Open-source, self-hostable sandboxing service for AI Agents launched on April 2, 2025 with 27 votes, #763 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Arrakis is an open-source, self-hostable sandboxing service that enables AI agents to safely execute code and interact with graphical interfaces. Built by someone with infrastructure experience at major tech companies, it uses MicroVMs for isolation between sandbox instances and supports snapshotting and reverting states. The service can run on users' own infrastructure or Linux servers and includes a Python SDK for integration with AI systems.
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From the sources
A fully customizable and self-hosted sandboxing solution for AI agent code execution and computer use. It features out-of-the-box support for backtracking, a simple REST API and Python SDK, automatic port forwarding, and secure MicroVM isolation. Perfect for safely running, testing, and backtracking multi-step agent workflows. - abshkbh/arrakis
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN! My name is Abhishek. I've spent my career working on Operating Systems and Infrastructure at places like Replit, Google, and Microsoft. Today, I'm excited to launch Arrakis: an open-source and self-hostable sandboxing service designed to let AI Agents execute code and operate a GUI securely. GitHub…
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