NVIDIA OpenShell
last releaseApril 17, 2026
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goblin vibe check:
the safety rails you add when your agent is smart enough to become a liability
open-source runtime for running autonomous agents inside policy-controlled sandboxes. useful when you want agent autonomy with explicit guardrails around files, credentials, network access, and model routing.
sandboxed execution with filesystem, network, process, and inference controlsdeclarative yaml policy modelsupports agent sandboxes for claude code, codex, opencode, copilot, openclaw, and ollamahot-reloadable network and inference policy on running sandboxes
key features
sandboxed execution with filesystem, network, process, and inference controlsdeclarative yaml policy modelsupports agent sandboxes for claude code, codex, opencode, copilot, openclaw, and ollamahot-reloadable network and inference policy on running sandboxes
spec & usage
introduced March 16, 2026 as part of NVIDIA Agent Toolkit
github repo shows Apache-2.0 licensing
supports local and remote sandbox creation
latest visible github release in search results was OpenShell v0.0.32 on April 17, 2026
limitations
docs label it alpha software and not for production use
gpu support is explicitly experimental
scope:
codetoolagentlocalcloudopen-sourcebusinessgithub
launchMarch 16, 2026
last releaseApril 17, 2026