Support running OpenShell sandboxes directly on a local workstation using native compute backends instead of a local k3s-on-Docker stack.
In this model, the control plane runs directly on the workstation or laptop and each sandbox gets its own dedicated local runtime environment, such as a container or VM. The product goal is a simpler and more direct local deployment path that reduces cluster overhead and makes workstation sandboxes easier to adopt, reason about, and operate.
This work creates a common product surface for single-tenant local backends, starting with Docker, Podman, and VM-based implementations. RFC-0001 is the foundation for this direction and contains the deeper technical details.
Support running OpenShell sandboxes directly on a local workstation using native compute backends instead of a local
k3s-on-Docker stack.In this model, the control plane runs directly on the workstation or laptop and each sandbox gets its own dedicated local runtime environment, such as a container or VM. The product goal is a simpler and more direct local deployment path that reduces cluster overhead and makes workstation sandboxes easier to adopt, reason about, and operate.
This work creates a common product surface for single-tenant local backends, starting with Docker, Podman, and VM-based implementations. RFC-0001 is the foundation for this direction and contains the deeper technical details.