I started from a very simple shell sandbox, where I manually installed Claude Code. The first template save resulted in a 1.5GB image. After that, I proceeded to install some very minimal bash tools, such as direnv, and did some custom bash environment configuration. I also added my rules/skills/h…

[image] sirknigget: Is this a known issue? It is [image] Config options to reduce Docker.raw for docker sandboxes on Docker Desktop for Mac Docker Sandbox I tried it with Codex as well and I got 10 GB after pulling the image like I got with Kiro. I…

Yes, correct. Docker Desktop on MacOS

Docker Sandbox images take a huge amount of space for no reason

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rimelek (Ákos Takács) March 13, 2026, 9:25pm 2

It is

do you also use Docker Desktop on macOS or any machine with SSD?

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Docker Sandbox images take a huge amount of space for no reason

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