# Multitui

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Multitui and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Runs Claude, Codex, Gemini or other terminal tools inside a macOS sandbox without containers, with a UI for adding file access rules.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as useful and well made (5 comments): "this is definitely a useful tool, I'll happily use that in the future" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307529)) "This looks really cool and genuinely useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859834)) "I’m impressed really neat work!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101708))
- Sandboxes AI coding agents on macOS (2 comments): "You can block file access on macOS by running codex in a sandbox with my app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709852)) "My app does this on macOS!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876909))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bubblewrap (bwrap)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bubblewrap.md): 109 recommend
- [Agent Safehouse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/agent-safehouse.md): 43 recommend
- [nono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nono.md): 34 recommend
- [Firejail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firejail.md): 30 recommend
- [sandbox-exec](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sandbox-exec.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

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