miniVE
A local throwaway sandbox for AI agents & any repo
miniVE launched on August 14, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
Give your AI coding agent or any sketchy repo - a disposable Linux box on your own machine. Docker-backed Python/Node/Ubuntu, real terminal, port preview. Your host files and keys stay untouched. Delete and every trace is gone. Free, MIT, no cloud.
A disposable Linux box your AI coding agent can
Hand your AI coding agent a Linux box it can't escape, or try any repo without touching your machine. miniVE spins up disposable, Docker-isolated environments on your own hardware. Delete it, and every trace is gone. Coding agents run rm , curl | bash , and pip install on your behalf. Handy, until one confidently wrong step does it against your real home directory, your real SSH keys, your real everything. Point the agent at a miniVE box instead: open a shell and run its CLI inside the environment. It can install, build, and thrash /workspace all it wants. When it's done, delete the box and everything it touched goes with it. The cloud sandboxes that solve this are metered, account-gated,…from sahilsidhu7.github.io
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