binpash/try

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5490 stars · 79 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

try is a command-line tool that lets you run a command and inspect its effects before committing changes to your live system. It uses Linux namespaces (via unshare) and overlayfs union filesystems to isolate filesystem modifications, letting you commit or discard them.

Use cases

• test a pip install without polluting my system
• run a command and see what files it changes before committing
• dry-run a package installation on Linux
• try out a script safely before letting it modify my machine
• rollback filesystem changes made by a command
• sandbox a command's filesystem effects without a full VM

When to choose

• you want to preview or roll back a command's filesystem changes on Linux
• you need lightweight isolation without containers or VMs
• you're a sysadmin or developer testing installers and scripts
• you want a single-script tool with no heavy dependencies

When to avoid

• you need strong security sandboxing - try explicitly allows network access and is not a sandbox
• you're on macOS, Windows, or Linux kernels older than 5.11
• you need to isolate non-filesystem effects like process or network state

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

security developer-tools cli file-system developer-tools operating-systems security self-hosted cli sandboxing namespaces overlayfs dry-run system-administration shell commit-or-rollback command-line linux

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