BVisor
Dev tools
sandbox runtime
SHOW HN2026
24points
9comments
#1,827of 4,366 in 2026
Top 42%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Performance: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good performance in dev testing
From 1 comment
Have been testing this in dev and really like the performance so far
JoshPurtell on HN
Requests
Outbound network access to support curl
From 1 comment
Questions
Can it replace cloud sandbox providers like E2B for quick jobs?
From 1 comment
from a utilitarian perspective, can we swap this instead of a e2b or some other provider? since this doesnt require n number of micrvovm kernals and rootfs hanging round?
vrn21 on HN
Alternatives named
E2B
From 1 comment
from a utilitarian perspective, can we swap this instead of a e2b or some other provider? since this doesnt require n number of micrvovm kernals and rootfs hanging round?
vrn21 on HN
gVisor
From 1 comment