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# Cloud sandbox (Box) Use this when a task needs to **run things in isolation**: building a repo, installing dependencies, executing generated code, or anything you'd rather not run on the user's real machine. Box gives a **real Linux machine**, not a V8 isolate (Cloudflare) or a stripped microVM — so `apt install`, Docker, long-lived processes, and an 80 GB disk all just work. ## When to prefer Box - Host must stay clean / command is untrusted → isolate in a VM. - Need Docker, system packages, or many runtimes → preinstalled. - Cost matters at scale → 50 VMs × 240 h/mo ≈ **$432 (Box) vs ~$4,124 (E2B), ~$7,160 (Modal)**. Prefer another tool for: sub-500 ms cold starts / 1000+ concurrent (E2B/Daytona/Modal), GPU (Modal), non-EU regions. ## Prereqs `curl -fsSL https://box.ascii.dev/install | sh`, then `box login "$BOX_API_KEY" --json`. ## Recipe ```bash box_id="$(box new --json | jq -r 'select(.event == "ready") | .id')" box ssh "$box_id" -- bash -s < ./setup.sh box ssh "$box_id" -- "cd /project && npm test" box delete "$box_id" --json ``` ## Preinstalled Docker, Chrome, VS Code, GitHub CLI, Node/Bun/Deno, Python, Go, Rust, Java/Kotlin/Scala, Ruby, PHP, Erlang/Elixir, .NET, R, C/C++, ripgrep, jq, curl, ffmpeg, Claude Code, Codex. Hetzner CX33, dedicated IPv4, per-second billing.