E2B
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 22, 2025first mention
Aug 3, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“For boxes.dev we use E2B - they had everything we needed at the time.”
builds boxes.devon “Devtools must be open source”
“Daytona, E2B, OpenComputer, Freestyle, Blaxel, Vercel, Modal, Cloudflare, Tensorlake, Superserve, etc. etc.”
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“We used the E2B sandbox solution, and fortunately it supports volume”
“Give your agent a computer to use. We use e2b.dev, but Modal is great too.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Devtools must be open source 1 mention
- Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS introduces MicroVMs 1 mention
- The agent harness belongs outside the sandbox 1 mention
- Ask HN: What is the best microVMs for AI agents? 1 mention
- Show HN: Tentropy Core – open-source to run AI system code in Firecracker VMs 1 mention
- Agent design is still hard 1 mention
Also written as e2b. Data: e2b.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“For boxes.dev we use E2B - they had everything we needed at the time.”
“Daytona, E2B, OpenComputer, Freestyle, Blaxel, Vercel, Modal, Cloudflare, Tensorlake, Superserve, etc. etc.”
“We used the E2B sandbox solution, and fortunately it supports volume”
“Its good, also perplexity, gork some more startups uses E2B. https://e2b.dev/ have you tried this one? E2b also uses firecracker.”
“Isolation: Firecracker MicroVMs (via E2B)”
“Give your agent a computer to use. We use e2b.dev, but Modal is great too.”