Show HN: Containarium – self-hosted sandbox for AI agents, MCP-native

Category: infrastructure

Tags: sandbox, ai-agents, mcp, self-hosted, lxc, container-management

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 8)

Containarium is a self-hosted, agent-native sandbox platform that provides isolated Linux containers for AI agents via MCP protocol and SSH. Its innovative combination of persistent sandboxing, structured tool-based agent interaction, and self-hosted infrastructure fills a clear gap for teams wanting secure, real compute environments for autonomous agents.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, ai-engineers

Repository: https://github.com/footprintai/Containarium · Go · Apache-2.0 · 174 stars

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