# Leash by StrongDM

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Leash by StrongDM and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Leash as a sandbox with strict process and network policy control, including a macOS-native mode, and as a browser that cuts screen time.

## Why people recommend it

- Stricter policy control than alternatives (3 comments): "It even has a --darwin macOS-native mode which goes beyond the capabilities and guarantees of sandbox-exec and bubblewrap." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877459)) "goes beyond the capabilities and guarantees of the likes of sandbox-exe, bubblewrap, and in some ways docker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883210)) "it provides much strict policy-level control for both process-level + network-level activity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877382))
- Curbs habits and screen time (3 comments): "for me it was totally enough friction to not fall into old habits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472647)) "I stopped algorithmically curated news for myself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616010)) "it cut my own screentime to two hours per day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542766))
- Native macOS sandboxing mode (2 comments): "It even has a --darwin macOS-native mode which goes beyond the capabilities and guarantees of sandbox-exec and bubblewrap." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877459)) "provides a sophisticated macOS-native system extension mode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611209))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Leash by StrongDM", https://hackerapproved.com/p/leash/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).