# Secure environment for AI agents

Developed by NVIDIA, OpenShell provides a secure and privacy-focused runtime environment for autonomous AI agents. Written in Rust, this infrastructure aims to create a secure execution space by isolating agents' access to system resources.

- ★ 19,581
- Rust
- GitHub Trending · 2026-09-29

## Updates

- **October 25, 2026:** Stars 18,169 → 19,581, latest release v0.1.5 (October 20, 2026).
- **October 23, 2026:** Stars 16,850 → 18,169, latest release v0.1.5 (October 20, 2026).
- **October 21, 2026:** Stars 16,170 → 16,850, latest release v0.1.5 (October 20, 2026).
- **October 14, 2026:** Stars 15,577 → 16,170, latest release v0.1.4 (October 13, 2026).

## What you get

- Runs AI agents in an isolated sandbox environment
- Limits file and network access with rules
- Enhances security by masking credentials

## Installation

**Install Tool and Create Demo Environment**

```
curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell/main/install.sh | sh
openshell sandbox create --name demo
```

## Running it

**Add Capabilities**

```
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell
```

## If you don't write code

Paste this into your AI agent (Claude Code · Codex · Antigravity)

You can use the following commands to install and test the OpenShell tool: curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell/main/install.sh | sh and then create a demo environment by running the openshell sandbox create --name demo command.

Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.

Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.

Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.

Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.

## Related dictionary terms

- [Sandbox](https://trescout.com/en/dictionary/sandbox/)
- [Runtime](https://trescout.com/en/dictionary/runtime/)
- [Rust](https://trescout.com/en/dictionary/rust/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://trescout.com/en/dictionary/artificial-intelligence/)

- **Who it is for:** Developers looking to run AI agents in a secure and isolated environment without granting them full access to all system resources.
- **License:** Apache-2.0

## Links

- [GitHub repository →](https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell)
- [Read in Turkish →](https://trescout.com/discover/openshell/)

TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-09-29: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was **machine-translated** from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.

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