OpenShell
by NVIDIA
OpenShell is a runtime environment for autonomous AI agents that enforces strict policies to ensure privacy and security.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 20k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- A small server, with a GPU
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 243 days
What you can do with it
- Run autonomous AI agents in a sandboxed environment
- Enforce policies to control agent access to files, network, and APIs
- Use formal verification to review and approve policy changes
Ways a business could use it
- Deploy AI agents for data processing without exposing sensitive company data
- Ensure compliance with data protection regulations by controlling agent access
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install via Docker or host virtualization
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Who's talking about it
- OpenShell – A safe, private runtime for fleets of autonomous AI agents Hacker News, 504 points
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
