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Shuru is a lightweight sandbox that spins up Linux VMs on macOS using Apple's Virtualization.framework. Boots in about a second on Apple Silicon, and everything is ephemeral by default. There's a checkpoint system for when you do want to persist state, and sandboxes run without network access unless you explicitly allow it. Single Rust binary, no dependencies. Built it for sandboxing AI agent code execution, but it works well for anything where you need a disposable Linux environment.

Try it: https://local.dataspren.com (no account needed, runs locally)

More information: https://github.com/dataspren-analytics/data-studio

I love working with data (Postgres, SQL, DuckDB, DBT, Iceberg, ...). I always wanted a data exploration tool that runs in my browser and just works. Without any infra or privacy concerns (DuckDB UI came quite close).

Features:

  - Data Notebooks
    - SQL cells work like DBT models (they materialize to views)
    - Use Python functions inside of SQL queries
    - Use DB views directly in Python as dataframes
  - Transform Excel files with SQL
  - You can open .parquet, .csv, .xlsx, .json files nicely formatted

If you like what you see, you can support me with a star on Github.

Happy to hear about your feedback <3