Show HN: Linux server management over SSH – written in Rust and Tauri

ffreakynit about 4 hours ago 43 commentsRead Article on serverbox.stupidlabs.lol

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omidmash•about 2 hours ago

Are 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?

Arrowmaster•about 1 hour ago

The choice of Tauri for a Linux app using AppImage is a dead giveaway they have no clue what they are doing.

dewey•about 1 hour ago

Most 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•about 1 hour ago

Anyone 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•about 1 hour ago

There'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.

ahriad•about 1 hour ago

I only tested it on WSL locally, there is bo way im connecting it to a live server without seeing the sourcecode.

marcosscriven•about 1 hour ago

Absolutely not.

hoppp•about 1 hour ago

It's from stupidlabs.lol Made for stupid people?

edoceo•about 1 hour ago

Nope, cfEngine FTW!

ramon156•about 3 hours ago

Looks 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•about 3 hours ago

I 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.

ubittibu•about 2 hours ago

Every 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!

thenews•36 minutes ago

OMG cool app, let me share my ip and cert

seemaze•about 3 hours ago

What'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

[1]https://clownpenisf.art

freakynit•about 3 hours ago

No 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•about 1 hour ago

Thanks for the reply, did not expect a response.

The initial inquiry was not in good faith, but a satirical critique of the project domain.

sgt•36 minutes ago

Only problem of course is that it's unlikely that this even exists in 5 years.

kushalpandya•about 2 hours ago

The 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•about 2 hours ago

Apple 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

I do agree that notarizing it would make installing much easier.

Also, source code is coming day after tomorrow.

vablings•about 2 hours ago

Pretty 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

e12e•about 3 hours ago

Potentially 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•about 3 hours ago

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•about 3 hours ago

This 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•about 3 hours ago

Thank 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•about 3 hours ago

Thank 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•about 2 hours ago

Thank you for testing. I'll fix the issue.. tomorrow.. too tired as of now.

_def•about 3 hours ago

Is this shipping wasm openssh or how does it work?

edit: nvm, for some reason I thought it runs in the browser.

hn_submit•about 2 hours ago

It's free but not open-source?

freakynit•about 2 hours ago

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.

ealhad•about 2 hours ago

I mean yeah sure, I'll give SSH access to a blackbox. "Don't worry — the app is safe."

freakynit•about 2 hours ago

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.

Arrowmaster•about 1 hour ago

Why not make this post the day after tomorrow then instead of today?

marcosscriven•about 1 hour ago

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freakynit•about 1 hour ago

I 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•about 1 hour ago

I 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•36 minutes ago

If you truly love to build things, then actually build them, don't vibe code them.

freakynit•18 minutes ago

this is not vibe-coded... this is ai-assisted... also, i love building things.. using whatever that lets me build more efficiently.

hoppp•about 1 hour ago

So its pretty much abandoneware?

gguingff•about 3 hours ago

yikes, no thanks.

rewgs•about 2 hours ago

Clearly vibe-coded. Hard pass.

whalesalad•about 2 hours ago

All of these "written in rust" ai-slop tools lately. Means absolutely nothing, really.

Kuyawa•about 1 hour ago

Beautiful, 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•about 1 hour ago

Won't happen until Tauri can treat Linux as a first class platform. Which they cannot do because of architectural design and library choices.