Minimal Alpine Linux desktop VM (Xfce4) for quicksand
Project description
Quicksand Alpine Desktop
Minimal Alpine Linux 3.23 desktop VM (Xfce4) for the quicksand agent harness. Lightweight and fast-booting — ideal when you need GUI automation without the overhead of a full Ubuntu desktop.
Installation
pip install quick-sandbox
quicksand install alpine-desktop
Usage
import asyncio
from quicksand import Key
from quicksand_alpine_desktop import AlpineDesktopSandbox
async def main():
async with AlpineDesktopSandbox() as sb:
await sb.screenshot("desktop.png")
await sb.type_text("echo hello world")
await sb.press_key(Key.RET)
result = await sb.execute("cat /etc/os-release")
print(result.stdout)
asyncio.run(main())
What's Included
- Alpine 3.23 with Xfce4 desktop + LightDM (auto-login)
- Chromium browser
- Python 3, bash, curl
- The quicksand guest agent (pre-installed)
Default Config
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Memory | 1G |
| CPUs | 2 |
| Display | Enabled (always) |
| Boot timeout | 60s |
| Init system | OpenRC |
| Image size | ~300MB |
License
MIT
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