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ioi/isolate

Sandbox for securely executing untrusted programs observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ioi/isolate · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4056
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1473 stars · 203 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Isolate is a Linux sandbox for securely executing untrusted programs, originally built for programming contest judges. It uses kernel features like namespaces, control groups, and seccomp to confine executables from the host system.

Use cases

  • run untrusted code safely on linux
  • sandbox submissions in a programming contest judge
  • execute user-supplied programs with resource limits
  • isolate processes from the host filesystem and network
  • build an online judge execution backend

When to choose

  • you need to run untrusted executables on Linux with strong isolation
  • you are building a competitive programming judge or automated grading system
  • you want a lightweight CLI sandbox using namespaces and cgroups without containers

When to avoid

  • you need sandboxing on macOS, Windows, or BSD - Isolate is Linux-only
  • you want full container images and orchestration rather than a single-process sandbox
  • you need a general-purpose container runtime like Docker or Podman

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

security cli security developer-tools operating-systems cli sandbox untrusted-code-execution namespaces cgroups competitive-programming judge-systems sandboxing linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ioi/isolatemain77

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