Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: nex-box
Version: 0.1.0
Classifier: Programming Language :: Rust
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Testing
Classifier: Topic :: Security
Summary: Sub-millisecond Copy-on-Write ephemeral sandbox runtime for autonomous coding agents.
Keywords: sandbox,agent,cow,reflink,testing,apfs
Author-email: The Trinity <nex@permanexus.org>
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown; charset=UTF-8; variant=GFM

# nex-box

> Sub-millisecond Copy-on-Write (CoW) ephemeral execution sandbox for autonomous coding agents.

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`nex-box` provides instant, kernel-level Copy-on-Write execution sandboxes for AI agents. It allows autonomous agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Aider, custom hypervisors) to execute builds, test suites, and destructive file mutations in isolated scratch environments backed by APFS `clonefile(2)` and Linux `ioctl(FICLONE)` reflinks—guaranteeing sub-5ms instantiation, zero host filesystem pollution, and atomic rollbacks.

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## Performance Comparison

| Metric | Docker Container | Python Virtualenv / `cp -R` | **nex-box** |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Sandbox Cold Boot** | 1,500ms – 3,500ms | 120ms – 800ms | **2.1ms (2,168µs)** |
| **Physical Disk Overhead** | Megabytes to Gigabytes | Duplicates full tree | **0 bytes (CoW Metadata)** |
| **Rollback Cost on Failure** | Container teardown | Manual file cleanup | **Instant (< 1ms Inode Purge)** |
| **Diff & Change Audit** | `git status` (Slow) | Manual diffing | **In-Memory BLAKE3 SIMD** |
| **Host System Safety** | Isolated | Leaks file mutations | **Hermetic Isolation** |

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## Installation

### Via pip (Pre-compiled wheels)
```bash
pip install nex-box
# or with uv:
uv pip install nex-box
```
