Dormice
AI Agents
17d agoApache-2.0No DockerAdvanced
Self-hosted alternatives to E2b
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- Dormice flips the cloud sandbox model: you host it on your own machine and sandboxes persist indefinitely.
Containarium
AI Agents
v0.120.1Containarium provides persistent, isolated Linux environments for AI agents.todayApache-2.0No DockerAdvanced
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SandBase HarnessSelf-hosted, open-source runtime for AI agent sessions: sandboxes, MCP toolsets, credential vaults, memory, audit replay, and a built-in web Console.
swarmclawRun autonomous AI agent swarms on your own hardware with durable memory, MCP tools, and 24+ LLM providers — a self-hosted alternative to cloud agent platforms.
TrinityTrinity is a self-hosted, open-source platform for running AI agents in production with human approval gates, git-native state, and audit trails.
bullxSelf-hosted AI agent platform with a Company Brain that learns from conversations. Agents run in isolated containers. Integrates with Slack, Teams, and other chat tools.
OpenAgentCoreOpenAgentCore lets you run AI coding agents like Codex and Claude Code on your own hardware using the OpenAI SDK, with your choice of models and sandboxes.
About these E2b alternatives
2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to E2b are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- Containarium (313 GitHub stars, Apache-2.0 license, written in Go), followed by Dormice
- Recently updated
- Containarium v0.120.1 on 2026-10-28
E2b alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containarium | Apache-2.0 | Go | 313 | — | Advanced | v0.120.1 | 49 |
| Dormice | Apache-2.0 | Typescript | 1 707 | — | Advanced | 49 |