Paddock Gives Agents Their Own Computers

Paddock’s compelling idea is treating agents like users who need durable, inspectable workstations—not disposable command runners.

• –Persistent desktops, snapshots, drives, and Docker-in-Sysbox support long-running agent workflows
• –Network deny-all or allowlist policies make risky code execution more controllable
• –Self-hosting keeps infrastructure and data under the developer’s control, but shifts security, scaling, and operations onto them
• –CLI, HTTP API, TypeScript, and Python SDKs make it usable as agent infrastructure rather than only a dashboard
• –It is a lean open-source alternative to managed sandbox platforms, with less turnkey capacity and more ownership