Alternatives to Sandstorm
Self-hosting platform that runs web apps in per-app sandboxes. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sandstorm
Self-hosting platform that runs web apps in per-app sandboxes.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sandstorm.
umbrelOS
A home server operating system with an app store for installing self-hosted apps in one click.
umbrelOS is a home server operating system with over 300 one-click apps, but it uses a source-available licence and drops Sandstorm's per-app sandboxing model.
Unraid
A paid home server operating system combining NAS storage, Docker containers and virtual machines.
Unraid combines NAS storage, Docker Community Apps templates and virtual machines, but requires a paid licence and is not open source.
TrueNAS Community Edition
A free Linux-based storage operating system built on OpenZFS, with Docker apps and virtualization.
TrueNAS Community Edition is a free OpenZFS storage system that also runs Docker apps and virtual machines, with community support only for the free edition.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Portainer
Web interface for deploying and managing Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
Docker Compose
A command-line tool that defines and runs multi-container applications from a single YAML file.
Arcane
Modern web interface for managing Docker hosts and Compose stacks.
Dockhand
Docker management app with real-time container control and Compose stack support.
gVisor
An application kernel that sandboxes containers to isolate them from the host Linux kernel.
Komodo
Build and deploy software across multiple servers from one management application.
