Drop
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“Drop appears to do a few similar things, and it seems to fit well with how I use such systems”
“I started using Drop a few weeks ago, and I've been very happy with it so far”
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“I'm definitely going to try this out and see how well it works for me.”
“Looks like something critical to gain adoption these days, security-wise”
“which configures bubblewrap based on a simple yaml config specific for the project path and it is enough for me”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“The tool inherited this feature from the prior implementation and its something I am still exploring.”
“environments are explicit (`drop ls` lists them) and can be removed with `drop rm`”
“I work on a sandbox which has similar isolation level to Podman”
“I work on a Linux sandbox that makes it easy to hide sensitive files from AI agents while keeping the files they need accessible.”
“I made a sandbox to productively work with agents while restricting files they can read and write”
“I'm working on a sandbox for Linux terminal work with UX similar to Python virtualenv”
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: Drop – A rootless Linux sandbox with gVisor support 7 mentions
- Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents 1 mention
- Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers 1 mention
- A way to exclude sensitive files issue still open for OpenAI Codex 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
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All comments 8
“Drop appears to do a few similar things, and it seems to fit well with how I use such systems”
“This section of the docs might be helpful for you”
“I started using Drop a few weeks ago, and I've been very happy with it so far”
“I'm definitely going to try this out and see how well it works for me.”
“Looks like something critical to gain adoption these days, security-wise”
“which configures bubblewrap based on a simple yaml config specific for the project path and it is enough for me”
“Check also https://github.com/wrr/drop which is a higher-level tool than bwrap.”
What about b.o.b.? https://bob.osau.re/