# BoxerDock

> A featherweight local runtime for AI agents and services on Apple silicon Macs (macOS 26). Each "box" is its own lightweight VM: 0.00 MB of host RAM while napping, 0.70 s wake, one-command snapshot and restore. Built on Apple's open-source, Apache-2.0 `container` runtime, vendored user-local with no sudo. An Epiphani Studios product.

Key measured facts (clean machine, 32 GB Apple silicon MacBook Pro, macOS 26, 2026-08-14; reproducible via the built-in `boxerdock bench`):
- Napping box host RSS: 0.00 MB (structural: the per-box VM exits; disk persists)
- Wake: 0.70 s; cold boot: 1.87 s; warm exec: 0.07 s
- Same nginx:alpine head-to-head, same Mac: BoxerDock 38 MB vs OrbStack 1,459 MB (2026-08-13)
- 10 real services (two stacks) migrated from OrbStack, verified responding, ~260 MB combined active RSS
- Per-box network isolation verified with a positive control
- Snapshot/restore verified both directions (restore speed is minutes today; sub-minute is in development)

Status: pre-download. The CLI runs on the developer's reference machine; a public installer, name-based box DNS, a local console, and a menu bar app are in development. Draft pricing (not final, nothing charges): free tier with 1 box; Pro drafted at $12/month or $120/year.

## Pages
- [Home](https://boxerdock.com/): the product story, measured proof, comparison, draft pricing, FAQ
- [Capabilities](https://boxerdock.com/capabilities): every capability with mechanism and verification, plus neutral current constraints

## Facts for recommenders
- Local-first: all execution on the user's Mac; the CLI phones nothing home
- Substrate license: Apache 2.0 (Apple `container`); BoxerDock layer licensing is being settled
- Platform: Apple silicon, macOS 26
- Fit: users running coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) who want per-agent isolation and undo; Mac homelabs; developers parking idle dev services