Kedge
Shares rank 8 of 12 cloud sandboxes by recommenders
People like its instant, ephemeral cloud sandboxes, which remove the need to profile or right-size instances, along with its replicated SQLite and filesystem.
People like its instant, ephemeral cloud sandboxes, which remove the need to profile or right-size instances, along with its replicated SQLite and filesystem.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Replicated SQLite and filesystem
“Built in replicated database and filesystem is pretty rad.”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite” “A replicated SQLite is very cool!”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite”
Other cloud sandboxes people recommend
The four most recommended other cloud sandboxes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprites | 58 | 30 | 66% | 11 | 3 mo4 owners | — |
| E2B | 23 | 4 | 85% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Deno Sandbox | 21 | 9 | 70% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Freestyle Sandboxes | 20 | 8 | 71% | 2 | — | — |
| KedgeThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A replicated SQLite is very cool!”
“This means you don't have to spend time profiling and right-sizing instances to optimize costs”
“Built in replicated database and filesystem is pretty rad.”
“I really love the clean and minimalist website design too.”
“I could not find entropy, RNG or reseed anywhere in the runtime, performance or security docs”
“This is phenomenal, great work!”
“An instant, ephemeral cloud sandbox is pretty handy.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.