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Show HN: Linux server management over SSH – written in Rust and Tauri
- kushalpandya 18d agoThe macOS installer is not notarized, and while adding an exception in Gatekeeper exists, not everyone would be willing to do that, especially currently when even the app source is unavailable.
- freakynit 18d agoApple charges $99/year to be able to notarize a app. Plus, it has one years long bug that any random Apple developer account can get stuck in, and then, you just can't get it notarized. Have a look at this thread: https://github.com/electron/notarize/issues/205 https://github.com/electron/notarize/issues/205 I do agree that notarizing it would make installing much easier. Also, source code is coming day after tomorrow.
- freakynit 17d agoSource code: https://github.com/freakynit/serverbox-app https://github.com/freakynit/serverbox-app
- ls-a 18d ago[dead]
- ahriad 18d agoThis is exactly the gap I needed filled, a proper desktop panel that manages my Linux servers over SSH without installing anything on them. Is it open source?
- freakynit 18d agoThank you... Source code will be released day after tomorrow. I will add a comment in this thread itself, as well as update the site with a link to Github.
- ahriad 18d agoThank you, I tried it, so far working great. One small thing I hit: when I tried connecting to a server I'd never connected to before, it refused at first with no clear error. I had to SSH in from my terminal once to accept the host key signature, and then it worked fine. Minor, but thought I'd pass it along. Great work!
- freakynit 18d agoThank you for testing. I'll fix the issue.. tomorrow.. too tired as of now.
- e12e 18d agoPotentially interesting - of it is at a minimum source-availble - preferably FOSS? I assume it is vibe-coded, so would need a pretty thorough review before considering using it. License and source availability not being on the page/faq suggest this is just a hobby project, I guess?
- freakynit 18d agoSource code will be released day after tomorrow. I will add a comment in this thread itself, as well as update the site with a link to Github.
- seemaze 18d agoWhat's the business model - and what guarantees are provided that Serverbox[0] won't rug pull after a seed round from Dillon-Edwards[1]? [0]https://stupidlabs.lol https://stupidlabs.lol [1]https://clownpenisf.art https://clownpenisf.art
- freakynit 18d agoNo financial incentive in mind or planned... I was building it for myself... then, spent a few days extra polishing it so others can use it as well.
- seemaze 18d agoThanks for the reply, did not expect a response. The initial inquiry was not in good faith, but a satirical critique of the project domain.
- gguingff 18d agoyikes, no thanks.
- iluvcommunism 18d ago[dead]
- ramon156 18d agoLooks like TRUENAS if it was single-prompted. Also how will it know what my server runs if I install nothing on it? will my server just expose all information? I'm a bit confused why this was a design choice.
- freakynit 18d agoI just heard of TrueNAS for the first time in my life... So, checked google images.. there is some similarity for sure. It detects the server OS "after SSH authentication" by running a small POSIX-shell probe. It will not automatically expose "all information". It can access only what the SSH account can access.
- _def 18d agoIs this shipping wasm openssh or how does it work? edit: nvm, for some reason I thought it runs in the browser.
- whalesalad 18d agoAll of these "written in rust" ai-slop tools lately. Means absolutely nothing, really.
- vablings 18d agoPretty cool for those who are not running something like TrueNAS/FreeNAS/Proxmox. But then the question is why are you not. Even for MacOS im pretty sure you can glue up a raw bare metal box to Proxmox these days with Proxmox Datacenter Manager
- ealhad 18d agoI mean yeah sure, I'll give SSH access to a blackbox. "Don't worry — the app is safe."
- freakynit 18d agoSource code will be released day after tomorrow. I will add a comment in this thread itself, as well as update the site with a link to Github.
- Arrowmaster 18d agoWhy not make this post the day after tomorrow then instead of today?
- freakynit 17d agoMy choice
- hn_submit 18d agoIt's free but not open-source?
- freakynit 18d agoSource code will be released day after tomorrow. I will add a comment in this thread itself, as well as update the site with a link to Github.
- ubittibu 18d agoEvery time I connect to my server I receive a Delivery Status Notification (Failure) email from my gmail address as if it tries to use my phpmailer to send an email to testing@example.com edit: the email comes from my website, when I connect a new user is created in my website with random name and that email address.. DOESN’T SEEM SAFE AT ALL!
- freakynit 18d ago[dead]
- Arrowmaster 18d ago[dead]
- rewgs 18d agoClearly vibe-coded. Hard pass.
- omidmash 18d agoAre you guys really letting a (as of now) non FOSS, presumably vibecoded app have access to your servers, presumably as root, as most people don't follow best practices?
- ahriad 18d agoI only tested it on WSL locally, there is bo way im connecting it to a live server without seeing the sourcecode.
- dewey 18d agoMost people already run software like that on their computer, even if it's just your coding harness that could just as easily run ssh and use your keys in ~/.ssh to connect to your servers. In my case I'd get a permission prompt from 1Password as I have my keys in there, but with all the prompts that a modern macOS throws at you the chances of it getting approved mistakenly are not zero. I'd not run OPs software either though.
- glitchcrab 18d agoAnyone who gives an LLM unfettered access to their ssh keys/agent socket deserves what they get IMO. I sandbox Claude with my own bubblewrap-based script which denies it access to anything I deem unnecessary.
- dewey 18d agoThere's many ways to shoot yourself into the foot, most things that run in your userspace can do evil things and it's not an LLM exclusive feature. Any npm package you install on your machine can put you in danger already if it executes some scripts.
- marcosscriven 18d agoAbsolutely not.
- edoceo 18d agoNope, cfEngine FTW!
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- freakynit 18d agoI do. I love to build things, though these things are not that meaningful yet as I want them to be. Most of these (except last 3 and that 'A calculator CLI...') are being actively used by many. But I should not have shared a single `show hn` more than once.. that I will take care of going ahead.
- marcosscriven 18d agoI think what I have trouble with is the lack of awareness. Anyone and everyone can do this now. It’s great. I do so myself at home, for myself. But what are you (and millions of others) actually adding here?
- bigstrat2003 18d agoIf you truly love to build things, then actually build them, don't vibe code them.
- freakynit 18d agothis is not vibe-coded... this is ai-assisted... also, i love building things.. using whatever that lets me build more efficiently.
- Kuyawa 18d agoBeautiful, I have a fetish for beautiful software so here goes my upvote ^ I believe more Rust/Tauri apps will flood the market as that's the best combo right now for desktop apps in universal knowledge reusability for those who come from the web world HTML, CSS, JS. Simplicity and portablility Just downloaded it and at 8MB is a thing of joy to see apps small again
- Arrowmaster 18d agoWon't happen until Tauri can treat Linux as a first class platform. Which they cannot do because of architectural design and library choices.
- Kuyawa 18d agoIs there any webview control ready to use in linux? When I say Tauri it's just the webview control, used as a cargo package as "wry" in macos. I don't care about the framework itself, just the webview control. If that's the case then Rust/(stripped down WebView) is all we need to be honest Edit: Looks like the same "wry" package can be used in linux https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry
- Arrowmaster 18d agoThe README for wry under Platform Considerations suggests its not actually implementing the webview but just a wrapper that uses the correct one for each platform. The usage of WebKitGTK IS the problem that makes it second class on linux. I talked about this more in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514323
- thenews 18d agoOMG cool app, let me share my ip and cert
- sgt 18d agoOnly problem of course is that it's unlikely that this even exists in 5 years.
- m4xp 18d agoMan as someone thar was on the verge of going all in on programming is so demoralizing to see how easy it is to release pure SLOP nowdays
- sharts 18d agolost me at tauri