Run AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <100ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.
ArcBox is a Rust runtime for running Docker-compatible containers, disposable microVM sandboxes, and full Linux or macOS virtual machines on macOS. It is used to run AI agents, untrusted code, containers, and isolated machines locally.
Latest release v0.11.3 · 3 Nov 2026
2 files for GitHub Copilot, Codex and OpenCode: arcbox copilot-instructions.md, arcbox AGENTS.md — 6,069 tokens loaded in every session.
.github/copilot-instructions.md A 1,576 tok AGENTS.md A 4,493 tok These files are arcboxlabs/arcbox's own configuration — they tell GitHub Copilot, Codex and OpenCode how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.