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  • Is this shipping wasm openssh or how does it work?

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

    by _def
  • 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?

    by ahriad
  • 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.

    by freakynit
  • Only problem of course is that it's unlikely that this even exists in 5 years.
    by sgt
  • 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?

    by e12e
  • 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.
    by freakynit
  • 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
    by vablings
  • OMG cool app, let me share my ip and cert
    by thenews
  • 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.
    by kushalpandya
  • 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.

    by freakynit
  • Source code: https://github.com/freakynit/serverbox-app
    by freakynit
  • 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

    by seemaze
  • 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.
    by freakynit
  • 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.
    by ramon156
  • 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.

    by freakynit
  • 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!

    by ubittibu
  • 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?
    by omidmash
  • Nope, cfEngine FTW!
    by edoceo
  • It's from stupidlabs.lol Made for stupid people?
    by hoppp
  • Absolutely not.
    by marcosscriven
  • I only tested it on WSL locally, there is bo way im connecting it to a live server without seeing the sourcecode.
    by ahriad
  • 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.

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