WinJail Alternatives

WinJail is described as 'Sandboxing software for Windows OS WinJail is full implementation of chroot, with additional features like "copy-on-write" mechanism applied to chroot'ed files, additional registry based chroot, and more' and is an app. There are six alternatives to WinJail for Linux and Windows. The best WinJail alternative is Firejail, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinJail are SHADE Sandbox, Sandboxie, Bubblewrap and mbox.

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  1. Firejail icon
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    Firejail is a 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. SHADE Sandbox icon
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    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Sandboxie icon
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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
     
  4. Bubblewrap icon
     2 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. mbox icon
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    Mbox is a lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges in commodity operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. runc icon
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    CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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