Installation

Pixi-sandbox is a pure Rust CLI with static musl binaries — no Python, no runtime deps.

Via Cargo

cargo install

cargo install pixi-sandbox
pixi-sandbox --version
# Now available as pixi extension:
pixi sandbox --version

cargo from git

cargo install --git https://github.com/Archont561/pixi-sandbox pixi-sandbox

Via Pixi Global (canonical)

Connected hosts need Pixi installed. The supported installation path is the native package from the Archont561 ecosystem channel:

pixi global install --channel https://prefix.dev/archont561/archont561 --channel conda-forge pixi-sandbox
pixi-sandbox init

The ecosystem channel carries every package published under the Archont561 namespace. pixi-sandbox init does not modify your Pixi manifest — the CLI install is global and explicit, and no project channel list needs to know about it.

Installing or upgrading from ≤ 0.4.3? Releases before 0.4.4 were published to the package-specific https://prefix.dev/archont561/pixi-sandbox channel. Pinned installs from it keep working; to upgrade, use the ecosystem channel above.

Via Release Binary (transport bootstrap)

Standalone binaries and SHA256SUMS remain available for verified transport bootstrap. Download the matching binary and checksum file, verify it with your platform’s SHA-256 tool, then mark it executable. Connected hosts should use the canonical Pixi package above.

Asset contract

Each release publishes:

pixi-sandbox-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
pixi-sandbox-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
pixi-sandbox-x86_64-apple-darwin
pixi-sandbox-aarch64-apple-darwin
pixi-sandbox-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe
SHA256SUMS

Default template pixi-sandbox-{target}{exe} — verified by setup action before exec.

From Source

git clone https://github.com/Archont561/pixi-sandbox
cd pixi-sandbox
cargo build -p pixi-sandbox --release
./target/release/pixi-sandbox --version

Verify Installation

pixi-sandbox tools list
# Shows embedded helper-tool pins (pixi, pixi-pack, pixi-unpack) per platform

pixi-sandbox --help
pixi sandbox --help  # via pixi extension

All binaries are static: musl on Linux, native on macOS/Windows. No dynamic PT_INTERP — verified by doctor and verify.rs.