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Agent SDK, built around a sandbox.
Open source, for Python, Node.js and Rust.

Read the docs

Trusted by

  • AWS
isolation
microVM
Its own kernel, not a container.
image
Any OCI
Or build one with Recipe steps.
gpu
Vulkan
Passed through into the VM.
host
Linux · macOS · Windows
Windows natively, no WSL.
daemon
None
No Docker, no background service.

01 · Run

Ask once.It works on its own machine.

A real run of the SAM3 example.

/examples/sam3 →
Image editor with SAM3done

promptRemove the background of this GIFbaby-turns-around.gif · 99 frames

  1. Read the SAM3 skill /skills/sam3
  2. Opened the GIF 508×640 · 99 frames
  3. Tracked “baby” on the GPU 97/97 frames · 406.6 s
  4. export.py: FileNotFoundError …/obj1/00097.png
  5. Patched it: a frame with no mask gets an empty one
  6. Ran export.py again

Background removed; animation preserved.

baby-no-background.gif3.1 MBbaby-no-background.webp5.2 MB

inside its VM · /artifacts/baby-no-background.webp

waiting for frames…
More examples →

02 · How it works

The agent runs on your computer.Its work runs in a microVM.

Only what it writes to /artifacts comes back.

/docs →
console = await (    ConsoleClient.builder()    .image(        Recipe("python:3.12-slim-trixie")        .step("apt-get install mesa-vulkan-drivers libvulkan1")        .step("pip install ncnn")    )    .mount_readonly("data/ncnn", "/models")    .mount_readonly(        HostMount(Directory().with_file("SKILL.md", …), …),        "/skills/sam3",    )    .mount("artifacts", "/artifacts")    .gpu(True)    .build()) agent = await (    ailoy.AgentBuilder("openai/gpt-6-astra")    .system_tools()    .console(console)    .skill("/skills/sam3")    .build()) async with console:    async for output in agent.run("Remove the background of this GIF"):        print(output["message"])
examples/sam3/python/main.py →
model APIyour computeragentmodel · tools · skilltoolsμVMbase imagepackages/models (parameters)/skills/artifacts./artifacts on your diskpass-throughGPUmodel APIyour computeragentmodel · tools · skilltoolsμVMbase imagepackages/models (parameters)/skills/artifacts./artifacts on your diskpass-throughGPU

The microVM comes from virtx, our open-source runtime: disposable Linux VMs created from code, with no Docker or daemon.

03 · Why a VM

Five ways to run an agent’s work,and where each draws the line.

Compared by category, from each category’s public docs. Where a whole category cannot be pinned down, the cell says so.

Host processOS sandboxContainerHosted sandbox APIAiloy
e.g.an SDK’s local runnerSeatbelt- or Landlock-based toolsDocker, PodmanE2B, Daytona, Modal
Where the work runsyour computeryour computeryour computerthe provider’s cloudyour computer
Boundarynone, or file rules onlypolicy on the host kernelnamespaces on the shared host kernelvaries by providerits own Linux kernel (microVM)
GPU inside the boundaryno boundaryvariespossible, with setupvariesVulkan, passed through
Host OSanyplatform-specificLinux; a VM on macOS and Windowsany (it is remote)Linux · macOS · Windows
Background servicenonenonea container daemonan API and an accountnone
Fine-grained policynonepolicy language, deny by defaultvariesvariesmounts, network on or off

Host processan SDK’s local runner

OS sandboxSeatbelt- or Landlock-based tools

ContainerDocker, Podman

Hosted sandbox APIE2B, Daytona, Modal

Where the work runs

Ailoyyour computer

Host processyour computer

OS sandboxyour computer

Containeryour computer

Hosted sandbox APIthe provider’s cloud

Boundary

Ailoyits own Linux kernel (microVM)

Host processnone, or file rules only

OS sandboxpolicy on the host kernel

Containernamespaces on the shared host kernel

Hosted sandbox APIvaries by provider

GPU inside the boundary

AiloyVulkan, passed through

Host processno boundary

OS sandboxvaries

Containerpossible, with setup

Hosted sandbox APIvaries

Host OS

AiloyLinux · macOS · Windows

Host processany

OS sandboxplatform-specific

ContainerLinux; a VM on macOS and Windows

Hosted sandbox APIany (it is remote)

Background service

Ailoynone

Host processnone

OS sandboxnone

Containera container daemon

Hosted sandbox APIan API and an account

Fine-grained policy

Ailoymounts, network on or off

Host processnone

OS sandboxpolicy language, deny by default↑

Containervaries

Hosted sandbox APIvaries

Read 2026-10-20.↑ another category is ahead here

04 · Roadmap

Local today.The same machine goes further later.

Each step keeps the agent and its machine as one thing you ship.

  1. 1 now

    Local runtime

    Your agent runs in its own microVM on your machine.

  2. 2 planned

    Self-hosted fleet

    The same machine runs on your servers, many at once.

  3. 3 planned

    Managed cloud

    Every agent gets a computer on demand, run by BrekkyLab.

05 · Start

Start with one agentand its machine.