Sandboxing in 2025: A Developer's Guide to Easy Security

This article investigates the ease of sandboxing programs in 2025 across operating systems like Linux, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD. By analyzing documentation length and example code length of various sandbox tools, the author assesses their usability and maintenance overhead. OpenBSD's pledge emerges as a favorite due to its concise documentation and ease of use, while Linux's seccomp proves significantly more complex. The article uses OpenSSH as a case study, analyzing the practical application and maintenance difficulty of sandbox technology. It concludes with a call for developers to contribute data for a more comprehensive understanding of sandbox technology adoption.