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Firejail vs Multipass

A side-by-side look at Firejail and Multipass. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Firejail

Firejail

Security & Privacy

Firejail is an open source SUID sandbox program for Linux. It uses Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf to restrict the running environment of untrusted applications. Firejail aims to provide easy-to-use application sandboxing on Linux, allowing untrusted applications to run safely while limiting their access to the rest of the system.

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Multipass

Multipass

Development

Multipass is a lightweight virtual machine manager for Linux, Windows and macOS. It simplifies setting up virtual Ubuntu instances in just a few clicks, allowing developers to easily create reproducible development environments.

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