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I like the idea, but runcmd could be dangerous as well as setting sudo permissions.

It's installing a brand new VM. By definition, it's got more than just root, it's got enough permissions to bring up new VMs entirely. Being worried about whether it has sudo permissions or something inside the VM is beside the point once you've stipulated that.

Certainly, for anyone who wants to hand-type the commands on their own machine, we have manual install instructions for OneBody[1].

But for a whole host of people, getting the app running quickly on a host they control is like magic.

[1] https://github.com/churchio/onebody/wiki/Manual-Installation

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