Dec 25, 2021
Running untrusted apps in Teliva

Programming languages assume you trust all code you run. Browsers assume you trust all network access from websites you visit. With Teliva I'm exploring other approaches in search of a sandboxing model that's both more flexible and easier to understand/trust. Here's a first draft.

https://archive.org/details/akkartik-teliva-2021-12-25 (video; 2 minutes)

Main project page: https://github.com/akkartik/teliva

Screenshot of a text-mode browser app built in Teliva. In the bottom right is an indicator showing that the app is permitted to access the network, but not the local file system.

This post is part of my Freewheeling Apps Devlog.

Comments gratefully appreciated. Please send them to me by any method of your choice and I'll include them here.

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