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👋 Hi, I'm AprilNEA — a full-stack engineer and open-source maintainer who lives in Rust 🦀 and AI infrastructure.

🚀 What I'm building

I'm the founder of ArcBox Labs, building ArcBox — a from-scratch, pure-Rust sandboxed execution engine that lets AI agents run on real, isolated machines (their own kernel, filesystem, and network) with sub-200ms boot. Think Firecracker-style microVMs, built ground-up for the age of computer-use agents.

📦 Projects I maintain

  • ArcBox — Sandboxed execution engine for AI agents, containers & VMs. Pure Rust, hypervisor to CLI.
  • better-auth-rs — Rust backend implementation of better-auth.
  • BYOKEY — Turn AI subscriptions into standard OpenAI / Anthropic-compatible API endpoints.
  • OpenLogi — Native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+. No account, no telemetry.
  • AChat — Self-hosted, local-first AI platform for teams.
  • NextChat — Core developer of one of the most popular open-source AI assistants (88k+ ⭐).

I also contribute to rust-lang, tauri, and many more.

💛 Why sponsor

Your sponsorship lets me keep maintaining these projects, shipping new features, and dedicating more time to open infrastructure that everyone can build on.

Thank you for the support! 🙏

中文

👋 你好,我是 AprilNEA —— 一名常年与 Rust 🦀 和 AI 基础设施打交道的全栈工程师 / 开源维护者。

🚀 我在做什么

我是 ArcBox Labs 的创始人,正在打造 ArcBox —— 一个用纯 Rust 从头实现的沙箱执行引擎,让 AI agent 运行在拥有独立内核、文件系统与网络的真实隔离机器上,冷启动 <200ms。可以理解为 Firecracker 风格的 microVM,但完全为 “computer-use agent” 时代从零构建。

📦 我维护的项目

  • ArcBox —— 面向 AI agent、容器与虚拟机的沙箱执行引擎,纯 Rust,从 hypervisor 写到 CLI。
  • better-auth-rs —— better-auth 的 Rust 后端实现。
  • BYOKEY —— 把 AI 订阅转换成标准的 OpenAI / Anthropic 兼容 API。
  • OpenLogi —— 罗技 Options+ 的本地化替代品,无需账号、零遥测。
  • AChat —— 面向团队的自托管 / local-first AI 平台。
  • NextChat —— 最受欢迎的开源 AI 助手之一的核心开发者(88k+ ⭐)。

同时我也为 rust-lang、tauri 等项目贡献代码。

💛 为什么赞助我

你的赞助能让我持续维护这些项目、开发新功能,并投入更多时间到人人都能在其之上构建的开放基础设施中。

感谢你的支持!🙏

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Featured work

  1. arcboxlabs/arcbox

    Run AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <200ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.

    Rust 140
  2. AprilNEA/OpenLogi

    ⚡️A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust 🦀 — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry.

    Rust 4,743
  3. rust-lang/rust

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

    Rust 113,795
  4. tauri-apps/tauri

    Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend.

    Rust 107,822
  5. AprilNEA/AChat

    🌊 AChat - An open-source/self-hosted/local-first AI platform, designed for enterprises and teams, perfectly combining powerful local processing capabilities with seamless remote synchronization.

    TypeScript 3,259
  6. AprilNEA/BYOKEY

    Turn AI subscriptions into standard API endpoints. OpenAI & Anthropic compatible gateway — for Amp Code, Cursor, Factory CLI, and more.

    Rust 123

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