Firejail
No phone app
6.2No. 12 of 22
in Sandbox Software
in Sandbox Software
- Recognised40% of the score20
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score81
- Free plan14% of the score100
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux, self-hosted
Summary
Firejail is ranked #12 of 22 in sandbox software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.
Firejail plans and pricing
All plansFirejail community project Free Linux desktop focus · GPL v2 · no commercial goals firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
Compared on sandbox software
- Free plan
- Yesfirejail.wordpress.com
- Isolation method
- containerfirejail.wordpress.com
- Persistent storage
- Yesfirejail.wordpress.com
- Network controls
- Yesfirejail.wordpress.com
- API or CLI access
- Yesfirejail.wordpress.com
- Deployment
- self_hostedfirejail.wordpress.com
Facts
- Sandboxing
- Firejail is a SUID program that restricts untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Kernel support
- The software runs on Linux computers with a 3.x kernel version or newer.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Process isolation
- Sandboxed processes receive private views of shared kernel resources including the network, process, and mount tables.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Application coverage
- Firejail can sandbox servers, graphical applications, and user login sessions.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Security controls
- Security filters include seccomp-bpf, communication protocol filtering, noroot user namespaces, Linux capabilities, D-BUS filtering, and optional AppArmor or SELinux support.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Access control
- Mandatory Access Control blocks access to passwords, encryption keys, and private data for more than 1000 desktop applications.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Security profiles
- More than 1000 application profiles are available by default in /etc/firejail.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Network isolation
- Firejail can create an isolated TCP/IP stack with its own routing table, firewall, and interfaces.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Network monitoring
- The software can inspect network traffic with its nettrace feature for analyzing and monitoring application behavior.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- AppImage support
- Firejail natively supports AppImage packages through the --appimage option.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- GUI companion
- Firetools is a Qt5 graphical interface providing a sandbox launcher, system-tray integration, editing, management, and statistics.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- DNS companion
- FDNS is a DNS-over-HTTPS proxy that uses DoH services from non-logging providers.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Desktop integration
- Running sudo firecfg integrates Firejail with application menus and file-manager launches.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Target users
- The project identifies home users and Linux beginners as its target market and describes Firejail as a consumer product rather than an enterprise product.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- The project directs support questions to its GitHub wiki and asks users to report security bugs by email.firejail.wordpress.com · 30 Sept 2026
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Where it ranks on Samsung Mobile US Press
- Best Sandbox Software in 2026#12 of 22
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Sources
- firejail.wordpress.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
- firejail.wordpress.com/features-3/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- firejail.wordpress.com/support/· checked 30 Sept 2026