E2B Code Interpreter SDK

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code execution sandbox sdk

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64points
16comments
#1,141of 3,515 in 2024
Top 33%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

Pricing: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good to see progress in this space

    From 1 comment
    • Great, happy to see progress in this space! I've built demo for the same thing with same use-case couple day ago. Execute untrusted JS code. Empowering user apps with code is way…
      sandruso on HN
  • Firecracker microVM security approach

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool project! I like that you support REST API. That's something we don't have yet. We actively decided to use Firecracker microVMs [0] instead of containers for hardened…
      mlejva on HN

Objections

  • Hosted service is too expensive for users

    From 1 comment
    • Is there an open source solution which I can self host without paying anything? E2b is doing great stuff but it is way too expensive and we users do not like that. What is a…
      fdcaps on HN

Requests

  • Self-hosting support and documentation

    From 2 comments
    • We'll have nice and easy support for self-hosting soon-ish. In the meantime, everything is open-source and the infra is codified with Terraform. GCP should have the best support…
      mlejva on HN
    • That is amazing. Did not know that. Would be great to have a very good self-hosting documentation. The open-source welcomes e2b as the industry standard sandbox. There is another…
      fdcaps on HN
  • Support for languages beyond Python

    From 1 comment
    • do you guys support other languages other than python or js/ts?
      Bnjoroge on HN

Questions

  • Is there an open-source self-hostable option at no cost

    From 1 comment
    • Is there an open source solution which I can self host without paying anything? E2b is doing great stuff but it is way too expensive and we users do not like that. What is a…
      fdcaps on HN
  • Is there a benchmark for speed, security and reliability

    From 1 comment
    • That is amazing. Did not know that. Would be great to have a very good self-hosting documentation. The open-source welcomes e2b as the industry standard sandbox. There is another…
      fdcaps on HN

Alternatives named

  • AgentRun (Docker-based sandbox)

    From 1 comment
    • I have something similar[0] but with a different philosophy. Basically, a docker container running and you can execute code against with ability to set timeouts, auto install and…
      jonathan-adly on HN

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