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Show HN: SmolVM – open-source sandbox for coding and computer-use agents

https://github.com/CelestoAI/SmolVM
4•theaniketmaurya•1h ago
SmolVM is an open-source local sandbox for AI agents on macOS and Linux.

I started building it because agent workflows need more than isolated code execution. They need a reusable environment: write files in one step, come back later, snapshot state, pause/resume, and increasingly interact with browsers or full desktop environments.

Right now SmolVM is a Python SDK and CLI focused on local developer experience.

Current features include: - local sandbox environments - macOS and Linux support - snapshotting - pause/resume - persistent environments across turns

Install: ``` curl -sSL https://celesto.ai/install.sh | bash smolvm ```

I’d love feedback from people building coding agents or computer-use agents. Interested in what feels missing, what feels clunky, and what you’d expect from a sandbox like this.

Comments

skwuwu•3m ago
I'd like to use it for agent like OpenClaw, but i wanna know if agnet spawn sub agent in VM, and it's resource requirements is bigger than VM's resource, those processes killed by OOM? or SmolVM gracefully handle it? Or can i adjust resource limit for my purpose?

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