sandboxxer vs devcontainer-mcp
sandboxxer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by shadow developer. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). devcontainer-mcp is an MCP server published by aniongithub. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  devcontainer-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace andrewcchoi/sandbox-maxxing | Listed Version: 4.13.9 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.40 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 28 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | sandboxxer | devcontainer-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 28 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 4 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/aniongithub/devcontainer-mcp/releases/download/v0.40/devcontainer-mcp-linux-x64.tar.gz) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 17 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/andrewcchoi/sandbox-maxxing | github.com/aniongithub/devcontainer-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
sandboxxer
Interactive assistant for creating VS Code DevContainer configurations with Docker Compose support. Base stack includes Python 3.12 + Node 20, with optional languages (Go, Rust, Ruby, PHP, C++) and network firewall.
devcontainer-mcp
Manage dev container environments via MCP (Docker, DevPod, Codespaces).
How to run each
sandboxxer As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add andrewcchoi/sandbox-maxxing
/plugin install sandboxxer@sandbox-maxxingdevcontainer-mcp
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: sandboxxer · What it can do: devcontainer-mcp · Compare two other plugins
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