Hands-on with ArgoBox
Some routes are guided demos. Some read live infrastructure. The heavy hitters spin up real ephemeral LXC containers and a Gentoo VM. Pick the kind of playground you want, then go break something safely.
Secure by Design
All playground environments are completely isolated from production infrastructure. Ephemeral containers auto-destruct after use. No data persists. Play freely.
Choose Your Playground
Each card tells you exactly what is real, what is streaming live, and what is a guided sandbox.
Cost Calculator
Stack up the full SaaS bill against the self-hosted replacement and watch the savings delta move in real time.
Interactive calculator with no backend dependency.
- 16 SaaS comparisons
- Real-time savings math
- Category filtering
- Shareable results
OpenClaw Security Lab
Throw hostile prompts at a hardened agent boundary and compare clean-room guardrails against weaker defaults.
Guided attack playground with repeatable prompt-injection drills.
- 5 attack vectors
- Live prompt injection test
- 18 vetted skills
- Hardening checklist
Glass UI Playground
Dial in blur, glow, layering, and transparency until the interface feels expensive instead of generic.
Visual design sandbox with copy-ready CSS output.
- Live CSS editor
- 6 presets
- Component showcase
- Copy-ready output
EdgeMail Sandbox
Walk the zero-dollar email stack, inspect the UX, and see how EdgeMail replaces hosted email tooling without the monthly tax.
Product tour and architecture sandbox for the email stack.
- Interactive email UI
- Architecture walkthrough
- SaaS comparison
- Quick-start guide
API Explorer
Survey the surface area of the platform fast, from user routes to operator endpoints, without spelunking the whole codebase.
Structured API index with filters, auth flags, and route discovery.
- 170+ endpoints
- Category filtering
- Method badges
- Auth indicators
Live Activity Feed
Watch the stack move: deploys, health probes, container churn, and agent activity streaming through a single operations window.
Live event stream sourced from infrastructure activity.
- Real-time event stream
- Color-coded event types
- Filter by category
- Live stats ticker
apkg Tutorial
Learn the Gentoo package flow with a guided tutorial, then drop into the real Argo OS environment and try the commands yourself.
Backed by the `argo-os-experience` Gentoo VM on Titan.
- Step-by-step guide
- Command examples
- Binhost mode
- Nix integration
Terminal Lab
Boot straight into a real Alpine shell and learn the command line by touching an actual filesystem, not a fake transcript.
Backed by the `linux-fundamentals` container template on Io.
- Real LXC container
- Pre-configured tools
- Interactive challenges
- xterm.js terminal
Container Lab
Pick a template, launch a real ephemeral environment, and tear through containers, networking, and automation with live terminals.
Launch hub for all provisioned LXC lab templates.
- Real containers
- Multiple templates
- Network isolation
- Auto-cleanup (60 min)
Infrastructure Explorer
Trace the dual-galaxy topology, inspect node health, and watch the network feel alive instead of static documentation.
Live topology and infrastructure telemetry from the real stack.
- Force-directed topology graph
- Live system metrics
- Tailscale mesh visualization
- Multi-layout controls
IaC Playground
Provision a real control-and-target pair, then write playbooks against something you can actually configure and break.
Backed by the `iac-playground` two-container Ansible lab on Io.
- Real Ansible environment
- Target container
- Playbook examples
- Live execution
Ollama Lab
Rehearse Ollama setup, migration, and failure drills inside a disposable container before touching your persistent host.
Backed by the `container-workshop` Docker-ready container on Io.
- Service setup checklist
- Model path migration
- API diagnostics
- OpenWebUI connection tests
RAG Workshop
Practice the full index-query loop inside a disposable pair of containers before pointing retrieval at your real vault.
Backed by the `iac-playground` control/target container pair on Io.
- Local indexing workflow
- Semantic query patterns
- Chunking strategy
- Retrieval tuning drills
Argo OS Experience
Step into the real Gentoo desktop over VNC, inspect the build decisions, and feel the OS instead of reading about it.
Backed by the `argo-os-experience` QEMU VM on Titan.
- KDE Plasma desktop (VNC)
- Real QEMU virtual machine
- Portage package tree
- Heavy compute QEMU lab
Networking Lab
Drop into a three-node topology and debug DNS, routes, and service reachability with the real tools you would use on a bad night.
Backed by the `networking-lab` three-container topology on Io.
- 3 real containers
- Private bridge network
- Routing challenges
- Network debugging
Monitoring Lab
Pull live health and performance signals from the observability stack and read the lab like an operator, not a tourist.
Live observability view sourced from Prometheus-backed metrics.
- Live Prometheus metrics
- Real node health data
- Multi-node status
- System resource graphs
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