Gondolin
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6recommend
4warn against
Feb 8, 2026first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Sandbox: `https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin`”
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“Gondolin[1] is what you are describing.”
“inspired by gondolin which does the same”
“Or what the https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin is doing”
Caveats and dissent
“I'd say it's not ready for prime time yet unfortunately”
“In my experience it's mostly the UX/DX where Gondolin is lacking.”
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“is not what i'm looking for”
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All comments 15
“Heavily inspired by Gondolin”
“Sandbox: `https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin`”
“I'd say it's not ready for prime time yet unfortunately”
If you'd be open to trying something else, my startup is open core: https://github.com/gofixpoint/amika The definition for your cloud sandboxes is just a TOML config in your repo We also have an API and CLI to let users message the agent from outside or across sandboxes We're still building a lot, so if you have any time to try it out (amika.dev) and give feedback, that is worth gold to us!
“In my experience it's mostly the UX/DX where Gondolin is lacking.”
“is not what i'm looking for”
“Closest open source I have seen is https://earendil-works.github.io/gondolin but the DX is not as polished.”
“Gondolin[1] is what you are describing.”
“inspired by gondolin which does the same”
“is another project addressing a similar use-case”
“Gondolin is the default on MacOS”
“I’ve been tinkering with Gondolin”
“Or what the https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin is doing”
“something like Armin Rohnacher's new sandboxing solution[0]”
“Armin Ronacher is working on Gondolin”