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Welcome to the BoxLite documentation. BoxLite is a lightweight, embeddable virtual machine runtime that provides hardware-level isolation without requiring a daemon or root privileges. Embed it directly in your application for secure, sandboxed code execution.
BoxLite v0.4.4 is stable and production-ready. It runs on macOS (Apple Silicon via Hypervisor.framework) and Linux (via KVM), with Windows support through WSL2.

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Getting Started

Install BoxLite and run your first sandboxed box in minutes. Quickstart guides are available for Python, Node.js, Rust, and C.

Architecture

Understand how BoxLite works under the hood — microVM isolation, hypervisor abstraction, networking, and storage.

Guides

Practical how-to guides covering AI agent integration, building from source, image registry configuration, and more.

SDK Reference

Complete API reference for the Python, Node.js, Rust, and C SDKs — box types, execution, errors, and metrics.

FAQ & Troubleshooting

Answers to common questions and solutions for frequent issues.

Contributing

Learn how to contribute to BoxLite — development setup, running tests, and the pull request process.
New to BoxLite? Start with the Getting Started guide to install the SDK and launch your first sandboxed box in under five minutes.