Docker Sandboxes

Safe environments for agents. Built by Docker.

What it does

It provides sandboxes with controlled access to your filesystem, network, and tools. This means your agents can work autonomously without putting your machine or data at risk.

Details

• Docker-native isolation. Same containerization principles trusted by 20M+ developers.
• Vendor-neutral. Works with the models and tools you’re already using.

What you get

• YOLO mode by default: agents work without asking permission
• Private Docker daemon for running test containers
• File access controls between host and sandbox
• Network access control
• Works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and more

Install

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install docker/tap/sbx

WinGet (Windows)

winget install -h Docker.sbx

APT (Ubuntu)

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo REPO_ONLY=1 sh
sudo apt-get install docker-sbx
sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER
newgrp kvm

Manual install from release artifacts

Download the artifacts for your platform from the latest release.

macOS

Download DockerSandboxes-darwin.tar.gz and extract:

tar -xzf DockerSandboxes-darwin.tar.gz

Windows

Download DockerSandboxes.msi and double-click to install, or use the command line:

msiexec /i DockerSandboxes.msi /quiet

Ubuntu

Download the .deb package from the release and install:

sudo apt install ./DockerSandboxes-linux-amd64-ubuntu2604.deb

Rocky Linux 8

Download the .rpm package from the release and install:

sudo dnf install ./DockerSandboxes-linux-amd64-rockylinux8.rpm

Release candidates

Release candidates are the builds each stable release is promoted from, so they are the best way to try a version before it ships. They are published as prereleases tagged vX.Y.Z-rcN on the releases page, carrying the same artifacts as a stable release.

On macOS, you can install the current release candidate via Homebrew:

brew install docker/tap/sbx@rc

The sbx, sbx@rc, and sbx@nightly casks conflict with each other, so uninstall the one you already have before switching:

brew uninstall --cask docker/tap/sbx
brew install docker/tap/sbx@rc

Release candidates are not published to WinGet or to the apt/dnf repositories — those channels carry stable releases only. On Windows and Linux, download the artifacts from the release candidate's own page and follow the manual install instructions above. Because a release candidate is a prerelease, /releases/latest never resolves to one; use the RC tag explicitly:

https://github.com/docker/sbx-releases/releases/download/<RC-TAG>/DockerSandboxes.msi

Nightly releases

Nightly builds from main are available at docker/sbx-releases/releases/tag/nightly.

On macOS, you can install the nightly build via Homebrew:

brew install docker/tap/sbx@nightly

For other platforms, download the artifacts from the nightly release page and follow the manual install instructions above.

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License

Proprietary — Docker Inc. LICENSE