20 Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) alternatives
Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC): Microsoft's open-source, policy-driven sandbox SDK for running agents, model-generated code, tools and plugins with only the files and network access you grant. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Open Source, Agents and Sandbox, ranked by how much they have in common with Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC).
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Open-source, sandboxed AI agents for every employee, fronted by a gateway that injects scoped credentials so the agent never holds a password.
Also: Open Source, Sandbox, Security
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Aisle Technologies, Inc.
An open-source layer that lets your customers describe a feature and get a working micro-app inside your product — sandboxed to their own permissions.
Also: Agents, Open Source, Sandbox
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Cua AI, Inc.
Open-source computer-use infrastructure: a desktop driver, cloud desktop fleets, local macOS VMs and a benchmark for agents that click.
Also: Agents, Open Source, Sandbox
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Security scanner and runtime monitor for AI agents that audits skills, MCP servers and CLI tools for malicious code and prompt injection.
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Digger
Write an agent as a TypeScript function and deploy it in seconds onto KVM-isolated Linux microVMs, with the loop, sessions, streaming and versioning managed for you.
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Gives agents secure, authenticated access to 1,500+ SaaS apps — managed OAuth, a tool router that filters the catalogue, and sandboxed execution.
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An agent-native cloud computer that pairs 20+ frontier models with skills, connectors, email and scheduled automations in one sandbox.
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All Hands AI
OpenHands — the leading open-source coding agent platform, self-hostable or run in the cloud.
Also: Open Source, Sandbox
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Secure cloud sandboxes where AI agents can run untrusted code safely, starting in milliseconds.
Also: Open Source, Sandbox
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Cloudflare
Open-source AI workspace you deploy into your own Cloudflare account: agent chat wired to company context, sandboxed app building, and policy guardrails.
Also: Open Source, Sandbox
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Osaurus, Inc.
Native macOS harness for AI agents — any model, persistent memory, sandboxed execution and cryptographic identity, fully offline and open source.
Also: Open Source, Sandbox
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An Apache-2.0 TypeScript framework for building AI agents — workflows, memory, RAG and evals — with a local studio and an agentic software factory on top.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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Prompt One, Inc.
Open-source CLI framework that gives AI agents one command grammar across Salesforce, ServiceNow, DocuSign and Google Workspace, loading each schema only when asked.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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IBM (DataStax)
Open-source, MIT-licensed visual builder for AI agents, RAG apps and MCP servers, maintained by IBM's DataStax and extensible in Python.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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Arize AI
AI engineering platform for tracing, evaluating and improving LLM apps and agents — with Phoenix, its open-source local-first counterpart, for teams that want to start without a vendor.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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Multi-agent workspace where teams hire reusable "digital employees" — an orchestrator runs specialists in parallel and returns finished decks, dashboards, reports and Excel files.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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Open-source platform for running a standing team of AI agents — you hire, schedule and review them, and they keep working while you are offline.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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HKUDS
Open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent you run yourself — browser UI, terminal or your chat apps, with memory, MCP tools and scheduled automations.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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Advait Paliwal
Open-source AI research agent with a CLI and a local science workbench for deep literature review, paper retrieval and replication planning.
Also: Agents, Open Source
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An OpenTelemetry-native control plane for AI agents that enforces policy mid-run instead of paging you after the incident, with cost attribution and EU AI Act evidence built in.
Also: Agents, Open Source