Boxlite AI Agent
by boxlite-aiThe micro-VM for AI agents — light enough to embed on your laptop, elastic enough to power an agentic cloud.
Boxlite is an open-source ai agent by boxlite-ai, written mainly in TypeScript, with 2,646 GitHub stars and the Apache-2.0 license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026. The latest PyPI release is boxlite 0.13.1, published Nov 12, 2026, with 53,881 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit d6cc835. Seen able to read environment and secrets, connect to the internet. 3 published advisories for its package. Scan policy
What Boxlite can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Read environment and secretsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Connect to the internetFound in the code by our scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit d6cc835, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Boxlite
AgenticMart scanned Boxlite on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to act on cloud infrastructure.
Before you install
- Use a role with only the permissions it needs, never an admin key.
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by boxlite-ai on GitHub, 2,646 stars and 271 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Nov 1, 2026.
- Open-source license: Apache-2.0.
Published advisories for boxlite
From the OSV database, for this PyPI package. Check that your installed version is past any fix.
- CVE-2026-46703Boxlite: Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Write on the HostFixed in 0.9.0.
- CVE-2026-46695BoxLite: Permission Bypass Allows Modification of Read-Only FilesFixed in 0.9.0.
- CVE-2026-47213BoxLite has a Timeout Bypass Vulnerability
Boxlite is an open-source ai agent by boxlite-ai, written mainly in TypeScript. The micro-VM for AI agents — light enough to embed on your laptop, elastic enough to power an agentic cloud.
At a glance
- Stars
- 2.6k
- Forks
- 271
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Created
- Dec 2025
- Last update
- Nov 1, 2026
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Boxlite
What is Boxlite?
The micro-VM for AI agents — light enough to embed on your laptop, elastic enough to power an agentic cloud.
Who maintains Boxlite?
Boxlite is maintained by boxlite-ai on GitHub (boxlite-ai/boxlite). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Boxlite safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Boxlite on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Boxlite use?
It is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
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