Sandboxie
Shares rank 9 of 10 sandboxing tools by recommenders
Recommended for isolating untrusted programs and attachments on Windows, and praised as powerful and long-lived.
Recommended for isolating untrusted programs and attachments on Windows, and praised as powerful and long-lived.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not 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
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Isolates untrusted attachments and programs
“your email client should open any attachment under a sandbox, such as Sandboxie, under a libre license”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone” “the easier way with an external tool is using Sandboxie”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown” Powerful, must-have tool
“From the creator of Sandboxie, another must have tool.”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be” “Sandboxie which is extremely powerful”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “CPUid Compromised”
Other sandboxing tools people recommend
The four most recommended other sandboxing tools, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblewrap (bwrap) | 109 | 32 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Agent Safehouse | 43 | 2 | 96% | 7 | — | Approved |
| nono | 34 | 3 | 92% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Firejail | 30 | 6 | 83% | 12 | — | Approved |
| SandboxieThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Personally I'm coping with sandboxie.”
“essentially a giant pile of fragile hacks on top of a Windows API that does not want to be used this way”
“have been using Sandboxie for probably two decades at this point”
“Sandboxie which is extremely powerful”
“the easier way with an external tool is using Sandboxie”
“your email client should open any attachment under a sandbox, such as Sandboxie, under a libre license”
“From the creator of Sandboxie, another must have tool.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.