NVIDIA/OpenShell
OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 13
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: 1
- age_days: 190
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 92
Adoption not part of the score
8378 stars · 1231 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
NVIDIA OpenShell is an open-source runtime for executing autonomous AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot CLI) inside sandboxed environments with kernel-level isolation. It combines a CLI, a gateway control plane, and an in-sandbox supervisor that enforce declarative YAML policies over filesystem access, network egress, and credentials to prevent data exfiltration and unauthorized actions.
Use cases
- run AI coding agents in a sandbox without giving them unrestricted file or network access
- prevent AI agents from exfiltrating credentials or data
- enforce declarative security policies on autonomous agent execution
- isolate agent workloads with microvms, Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes
- route agent LLM inference through controlled providers like Vertex AI
- audit and log agent network and filesystem activity
- deploy a secure agent gateway to a Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster
When to choose
- you run autonomous AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot CLI) and need kernel-level isolation and egress control
- you want declarative YAML policies governing what agents can access
- you need a self-hosted gateway with observability, mTLS, and Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment
When to avoid
- you need a production-hardened solution - the project is explicitly alpha with breaking changes expected
- you only need simple container isolation without agent-specific policy enforcement
- you cannot run Docker, Podman, MicroVMs, or Kubernetes as a compute driver
Facets
application · maturity experimental
security agent-framework configuration-management monitoring logging cli container-runtime secrets-management networking security developer-tools self-hosted privacy infrastructure-as-code windows cli self-hosted rust python sandbox ai-agent-security microvm policy-enforcement data-exfiltration-prevention kernel-isolation gateway supervisor yaml-policies claude-code codex opencode copilot-cli helm-chart mtls sandboxing ai-agents containers linux macos docker kubernetes
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4ff5fceb1793
- homepage: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/latest/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 090675675b4c
- site_page: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5362c58d0750
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/about/release-notes · fetched 2026-08-29 · abacd4708332
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/about/how-it-works · fetched 2026-08-29 · 45a1a50b43df
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/about/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 29619cac75cd
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/about/container-gateway · fetched 2026-08-29 · ec59dc82297d
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/about/supported-agents · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2f1c4b20a7ed
- site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/openshell/get-started/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ded27d48ca9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA/OpenShell | main | 78 |
For agents
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