Real Linux. On your Mac.

macOS only gives you POSIX compliance. Slicer runs containers, Kubernetes, and Firecracker, all on your MacBook.

Egress + credential proxyNested virtualizationVirtioFS folder mountsNative tray app

Slicer for Mac - tour

A walk-through of the native Mac tray app, booting microVMs, and the developer workflow.

Put your AI agent into a sandbox

Run Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode inside an isolated microVM on your MacBook.

One fast and lightweight tool for all your Linux development.

Built and supported by the team behind OpenFaaS, Inlets, and Actuated.

Goodbye approval fatigue

Run Claude, Codex, and OpenCode in their own VM with root access. Copy out the results when they're done. No more clicking through permissions for every shell command.

Kubernetes on your laptop

Spin up K3s inside a Slicer VM. Test Helm charts, validate RBAC, iterate on controllers, on your own machine, matching production.

Slicer Proxy: egress + credentials

Enforce default-deny network access on any VM with Slicer Proxy. Bearer, Basic, and OAuth credentials inject on the wire, so agents and untrusted workloads never see your secrets. Every request audited.

Replace Docker Desktop, Colima, Lima, UTM, Multipass, VirtualBox

Ephemeral sandboxes and long-lived VMs in one tool. Responsive, and easy to automate with bash, agent skills, and the Go and TypeScript SDKs.

Start with a 14-day free trial of Slicer for Mac

Runs on Apple Silicon. Nothing leaves your machine.