- cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI.
E2B by E2B
Secure cloud sandboxes where AI agents run code, use a filesystem and terminal, and browse, isolated from your own machines.
Agent tooling for cost, context and memory
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 8, 2026Agent code sandboxOpen source · Apache-2.0Free to start
Price
Free + $150/mo
free tier available
Popularity
Top 10 in Agent tooling
Gid Score 60 / 100 · #21 of 283 overall
Trend
Growing
usage up 13.7% over 30 days
Development
Actively updated
latest 2.53.1, 3d ago
Community
14.2K GitHub stars
3.7M package downloads a week
What E2B does
Key facts
| Maker | E2B |
|---|---|
| Type | Agent code sandbox |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Interfaces | Python SDK, TypeScript SDK, CLI |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 91 |
Pricing
Hobby is free with a one-time $100 usage credit. Pro is $150 a month plus usage, with higher concurrency as paid add-ons.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Where you use itPython SDK, TypeScript SDK, CLI
- Closest alternativeLiteLLM · all alternatives
Get started with E2B
| npm | npm install -g e2b |
|---|---|
| PyPI | pip install e2b |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
E2B works with
E2B alternatives
Best E2B alternatives compared · All agent tooling for cost, context and memory
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | ||
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| 8 |
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73 | 23.1M | up 1.8% | — | — | 60.4K+60/day | 1.104.2yesterday | Free (OSS) | ||
| 14 |
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63 | 2.7M | down 3.5% | down 5.6% | — | 190K+368/day | 2.11.03mo ago | Free + $16/mo | ||
| 15 |
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63 | 8.7M | up 11.2% | down 1.9% | — | 35.5K+39/day | 4.55.0yesterday | Free (OSS) | ||
| 34 |
|
55 | 1.7M | up 8.4% | up 33.7% | — | 30.5K+16/day | 0.13.010d ago | Free + $29/mo | ||
| 35 |
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55 | 351K | up 5.9% | down 6.5% | — | 85K+61/day | 0.9.416d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 63 |
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47 | 692K | up 4.8% | down 29.9% | — | 66.8K+63/day | 3.3.114d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| No agents match that filter. | |||||||||||
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E2B news
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25 agents added to AgentGid
LiteLLM, Firecrawl, Langfuse, E2B, Composio, Crawl4AI, Mem0, Repomix, CodeGPT, Context7, Phoenix, Headroom and 13 more
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E2B 2.53.1 released
cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI. (+3 more releases that day)
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E2B 2.52.1 released
cc29617: Match BuildKit when filtering the template build context with .dockerignore: a leading followed by literal characters (e.g. .txt) now matches at any depth, a negated pattern matching only…; 3ba1d05: Retry a 502 response only for operations that are…
What changed: recent E2B releases
- cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI.
- cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI.
- cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI.
- Updated dependencies [cd4c62b]
- e2b@2.53.1
- cc29617: Match BuildKit when filtering the template build context with .dockerignore: a leading followed by literal characters (e.g. .txt) now matches at any depth, a negated pattern matching only…
- 3ba1d05: Retry a 502 response only for operations that are safe to replay: a gateway may answer 502 after the API already processed the request, so a 502 from sandbox creation, fork, snapshot or…
- cc29617: Match BuildKit when filtering the template build context with .dockerignore: a leading followed by literal characters (e.g. .txt) now matches at any depth, a negated pattern matching only…
- 3ba1d05: Retry a 502 response only for operations that are safe to replay: a gateway may answer 502 after the API already processed the request, so a 502 from sandbox creation, fork, snapshot or…
- 4813482: Bump dependency floors: undici ^7.29.1 → ^7.30.0 and optional undici8 8.10.2 → 8.11.2 (backported HTTP/2 WebSocket, decompression backpressure and aborted-request fixes), compare-versions…
- d0ed5c1: fix(js-sdk): treat WatchHandle.stop() as a clean watch end - onExit now fires with no error instead of a TimeoutError blaming requestTimeoutMs, matching the Python SDK behavior.
E2B popularity and usage data
E2B was downloaded 3.7M times from npm and PyPI in the week ending Oct 5, 2026, up 2.6% on the week before and up 13.7% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 14.2K stars, 551 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.53.1, published Oct 6, 2026; there were 31 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 34 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: e2b.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption80
Community48
Attention30
Momentum57
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
E2B FAQ
How much does E2B cost?
Hobby is free with a one-time $100 usage credit. Pro is $150 a month plus usage, with higher concurrency as paid add-ons.
Is E2B open source?
Yes. E2B is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is E2B?
E2B was downloaded 3.7M times from npm and PyPI in the week ending Oct 5, 2026, up 2.6% on the week before and up 13.7% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 14.2K stars, 551 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.53.1, published Oct 6, 2026; there were 31 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of E2B?
The latest stable release we track is 2.53.1, published on Oct 6, 2026.
What are the alternatives to E2B?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are LiteLLM, Firecrawl, Langfuse, Composio.
For the makers of E2B badges, corrections
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Where these numbers come from
npm: e2b. PyPI: e2b. GitHub: e2b-dev/E2B. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: github.com, e2b.dev.