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sandboxed.shvsShields

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

sandboxed.shShields
Score50/10080/100
Rank in category#97 of 209 in AI Agents#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars67827 331
Stars, last 30 days+6+125
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releaseandroid-v1.21.1 · 29 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
License—Apache-2.0
Main languageRustJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 50/100 for sandboxed.sh, so it is the safer default.

sandboxed.sh ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

If you want the quickest setup, Shields is easier to run; sandboxed.sh needs more configuration.

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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