Drop
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Drop is a rootless Linux sandboxing tool that isolates third-party programs so a compromised dependency can't reach the rest of the system. Each environment gets its own disposable home directory with only selected config files mounted read-only from the real home, enforced through Linux namespaces (user, mount, network, PID, IPC, cgroup) rather than the convention-based isolation of tools like virtualenv, with an optional gVisor user-space kernel to add protection against host kernel escape exploits.
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Drop gives each isolated environment its own disposable home directory using Linux namespaces (optionally hardened with gVisor), letting you run untrusted local tools without root or full container overhead.
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