Firejail Alternatives

Firejail is described as 'SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf' and is a Virtualization tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Firejail for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Firejail alternative is Sandboxie Plus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Firejail are Windows Sandbox, AppArmor, Cuckoo Sandbox and Sandboxie.

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  1. Sandboxie Plus icon

    Sandboxie Plus

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    Sandboxie Plus creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive.

    21 Sandboxie Plus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space
     

    • Most users think Sandboxie Plus is a great Firejail alternative.

    • Sandboxie Plus is the most popular Windows alternative to Firejail.

    • Sandboxie Plus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Firejail.

    • Sandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open SourceFirejail is Free and Open Source
    • Sandboxie Plus is Lightweight and Privacy focusedFirejail is not according to our users
  2. Windows Sandbox icon

    Windows Sandbox

     20 likes

    a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

    57 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Windows Sandbox as an Alternative to Firejail
    IronoClippy
    Negative
    0

    It's Actually More Like Lightweight VM Rather Than Actual Sandbox

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    • Windows Sandbox is Free and ProprietaryFirejail is Free and Open Source
    • Windows Sandbox is LightweightFirejail is not according to our users
  4. AppArmor icon

    AppArmor

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    A Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system which is a kernel (LSM) enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • AppArmor is the most popular Linux alternative to Firejail.

    • AppArmor is Free and Open SourceFirejail is also Free and Open Source
    • AppArmor is Security-focusedFirejail is not according to our users
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    Shadow Defender

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business,...

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  6. Cuckoo Sandbox icon

    Cuckoo Sandbox

     26 likes

    Cuckoo Sandbox is a modular, automated malware analysis system. Running from command-line on a Linux or Mac host, it uses python and virtualization (VirtualBox, QEMU-KVM, etc) to create an isolated Windows guest environment to safely and automatically run and analyze files to...

    32 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    Comments about Cuckoo Sandbox as an Alternative to Firejail
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    This runs processes in a Virtual windows machine. Does not sandbox processes on the OS you are using.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Web-based, Android & Mac alternative to Firejail.

    • Cuckoo Sandbox is Free and Open SourceFirejail is also Free and Open Source
  7. Sandboxie icon

    Sandboxie

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    The original Sandboxie Plus (Classic) application, now open source and as Sandboxie-Plus.

    11 Sandboxie alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. ANY.RUN icon

    ANY.RUN

     18 likes

    ANY.RUN is interactive sandbox simplifies malware analysis of threats that target both Windows and Linux systems. ANY.RUN's threat intelligence products, TI Lookup, Yara Search and Feeds, help you find IOCs or files to learn more about the threats and respond to incidents faster.

    35 ANY.RUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Shadow Defender icon

    Shadow Defender

     30 likes

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business, or public environments without performance loss.

    13 Shadow Defender alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    System Status
     

    • Shadow Defender is the most popular commercial alternative to Firejail.

    • Shadow Defender is Paid and ProprietaryFirejail is Free and Open Source
  11. SHADE Sandbox icon

    SHADE Sandbox

     17 likes

    SHADE Sandbox is an alternative for antivirus and a tool for virtualization. It locally virtualizes applications (i.e. internet browsers) and locks all incoming internet files and possible viruses in its safe virtual environment - a “sandbox”, keeping them isolated from the...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. R&S Browser in the Box icon

    R&S Browser in the Box

     14 likes

    The Virtual Environment for secured and comfortable Web Browsing: On the basis of a “Browser-in-the-Box” concept a virtual machine is provided with a reduced operating system and a web browser encapsulated therein.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Virtual Virtual machine with a tunnel to the internet
     
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    Bubblewrap

     2 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  15. Threat.Zone icon

    Threat.Zone

     2 likes

    Threat.Zone is a hypervisor-based, automated and interactive tool for analyzing malware, you can fight new generation malwares.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Threat Zone Public Submission Overview
     

    • Threat.Zone is the most popular SaaS alternative to Firejail.

    • Threat.Zone is Freemium and ProprietaryFirejail is Free and Open Source
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