Sandbox-Setup vs Windows-Sandbox-Utilities

Sandbox-Setup

Bootstraping a Windows Sandbox (by webtroter)

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Windows-Sandbox-Utilities

A public repository for useful developments surrounding Windows Sandbox (by microsoft)

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Sandbox-Setup		Windows-Sandbox-Utilities
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2	Mentions	52
3	Stars	285
-	Growth	0.0%
0.0	Activity	10.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 3 years ago
PowerShell	Language	PowerShell
-	License	MIT License

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Sandbox-Setup

Posts with mentions or reviews of Sandbox-Setup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-17.

Is there any way to have Windows containers using Hyper-V?
1 project | /r/HyperV | 3 May 2022

Read the microsoft documentation on them, then look at this repo : https://github.com/webtroter/Sandbox-Setup
'Powershell Testing Server'?
4 projects | /r/PowerShell | 17 Nov 2021

I made myself a collection of scripts and config to setup the sandbox initially. I just uploaded here : https://github.com/webtroter/Sandbox-Setup

Windows-Sandbox-Utilities

Posts with mentions or reviews of Windows-Sandbox-Utilities. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-05.

Deno in 2023
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2024

Windows has a lot of things in this department. https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Sandbox-Utilities sounds similar to what you describe, but there are also finer-grained APIs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/app...
Ask HN: For those using Stable Diffusion locally, how do you filter fishy repos?
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Aug 2022

You could use the Windows Sandbox to prevent them from accessing anything sensitive on your computer. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...
what are the differences between vmware free and virtual box?
1 project | /r/Piracy | 9 Aug 2022
Got infected with Ransomware and both SSD's are totally encrypted
1 project | /r/techsupport | 19 Jul 2022
Is there a torrent website with no malware?
1 project | /r/torrents | 11 Jul 2022

If you're unsure about a program's security (and you have 10 Pro), run it in Sandbox mode. Otherwise, download VMWare Workstation and create a virtual machine.
What Is Qubes OS?
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Jul 2022

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...
LPT: when taking tests requiring a monitoring software on your personal device, download a virtual machine (ex.OracleVM) and set up windows on it.
1 project | /r/LifeProTips | 6 Jul 2022

Windows Sandbox is literally made for this, is lighter, integrated into the OS and free.
Fake "Geek Squad" auto-renewal refund email scam (no "kindly"!!)
1 project | /r/Scams | 6 Jul 2022

He directed me to start a browser, which I did inside Windows Sandbox (a new lightweight container-based VM-ish on Windows). He asked me to go to "9190.org" in the browser, enter the invoice number. That downloads a "ScreenShareClientRefund.exe" which he instructed me to start. At that point I told him "Nice try, scammer! That would have fooled a lot of people." He hung up - no drama.
Trojan when downloading RDR1 from Internet Archive
1 project | /r/PCRedDead | 5 Jul 2022

Windows Sandbox is a feature of Windows 10+. If you use older or can't use it for some reason, get VirtualBox and make a VM without any network access.
What Antivirus Program should I use?
1 project | /r/antivirus | 21 Jun 2022

Do you think he is confusing the partial sandboxing of Windows Defender with Windows Sandbox? If so, why?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Sandbox-Setup and Windows-Sandbox-Utilities you can also consider the following projects:

AutomatedLab - AutomatedLab is a provisioning solution and framework that lets you deploy complex labs on HyperV and Azure with simple PowerShell scripts. It supports all Windows operating systems from 2008 R2 to 2022, some Linux distributions and various products like AD, Exchange, PKI, IIS, etc.

node-ipc - A nodejs module for local and remote Inter Process Communication (IPC), Neural Networking, and able to facilitate machine learning.

Sandboxie - Sandboxie Plus & Classic

Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code

barrier - Open-source KVM software

OctoPrint - OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer!

rclone - "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files

Bitwarden - The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

ConfigureDefender - Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings.

Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

open_safety - An application to assist with securing script execution