# Sandboxie

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Sandboxie and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for isolating untrusted programs and attachments on Windows, and praised as powerful and long-lived.

## Why people recommend it

- Isolates untrusted attachments and programs (2 comments): "your email client should open any attachment under a sandbox, such as Sandboxie, under a libre license" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46349694)) "the easier way with an external tool is using Sandboxie" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46881793))
- Powerful, must-have tool (2 comments): "From the creator of Sandboxie, another must have tool." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46121077)) "Sandboxie which is extremely powerful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757238))

## 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, "Sandboxie", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sandboxie/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).