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rspack vs sandboxd
rspack has 12,911 GitHub stars, 853 forks, 224 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sandboxd has 946 stars, 60 forks, 14 open issues and last shipped 12 days ago. rspack leads on adoption by 1,265% (12,911 vs 946 stars). rspack is written in Rust under MIT; sandboxd is written in Go under MIT. rspack has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, sandboxd 6%. rspack was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| rspack | sandboxd | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 946 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 853 | ⑂ 60 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick rspack if
- You weight community size — 13K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick sandboxd if
- You want the sandboxd feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and sandboxd fits your workflow better
About rspack
Rspack is a fast bundler for the web written in Rust, distributed under the MIT license. It modernizes the webpack API so that webpack configurations can be replaced seamlessly, while the Rust core delivers fast build speeds. The project lives in the JavaScript and TypeScript build tooling ecosystem, and it is part of Rstack, a unified JavaScript toolchain that also includes Rsbuild, Rslib, Rspress, Rsdoctor, Rstest, and Rslint. The repository carries the topics build tool, bundler, compiler, esm, javascript, jsx, loaders, module bundler, rspack, rstack, rust, and typescript.
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About sandboxd
sandboxd is an open source, self hosted AI app builder that runs a coding agent inside isolated sandboxes on your own server and gives every generated app its own live preview URL, and it is built for developers and teams who want the prompt to app workflow of hosted builders without giving up their infrastructure, code, or data.
read the full sandboxd overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is rspack or sandboxd more popular?
rspack has 12,911 GitHub stars and sandboxd has 946. rspack has the larger community by that measure.
Are rspack and sandboxd free?
Both are open source. rspack is licensed under MIT and sandboxd under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between rspack and sandboxd?
rspack is written in Rust and sandboxd in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, rspack or sandboxd?
Choose rspack if you want the larger community (12,911 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose sandboxd if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.