hiba vs ssh-chat

hiba

HIBA is a system built on top of regular OpenSSH certificate-based authentication that allows to manage flexible authorization of principals on pools of target hosts without the need to push customized authorized_users files periodically. (by google)

SSH Authorization

Source Code

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ssh-chat

Chat over SSH. (by shazow)

ssh-chat SSH Chat Server

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shazow.net

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hiba		ssh-chat
	Project
3	Mentions	15
360	Stars	5,339
0.0%	Growth	-
5.7	Activity	3.2
17 days ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
C	Language	Go
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	MIT License

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hiba

Posts with mentions or reviews of hiba. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-17.

OpenSSH versus SSH
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2023

Interestingly enough this is getting another layer on top of it. Google is working on something called "HIBA" (https://github.com/google/hiba) which is an extension to OpenSSH SSH Certificates.
So now you have layers of:
- SSH RFC
- OpenSSH extensions to SSH
- Google extensions to OpenSSH
HIBA: Host Identity Based Authorization
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2021
Google Hiba
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Sep 2021

ssh-chat

Posts with mentions or reviews of ssh-chat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-17.

OpenSSH versus SSH
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2023
GitHub - shazow/ssh-chat: Chat over SSH.
1 project | /r/bash | 11 Sep 2022
ssh-chat: Chat over SSH.
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 13 Jun 2022
SSH Chat
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jun 2022
Self hosted apps based on SSH?
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 9 Jun 2022
ssh-chat keys error
1 project | /r/ssh | 18 Apr 2022

Hey guys, I am trying to use ssh-chat, as it can be found here: https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat
Why aren’t we using SSH for everything?
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 3 Dec 2021
Why aren't we using SSH for everything? (2015)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Dec 2021
Unauthenticated ssh account
1 project | /r/openbsd | 24 Nov 2021

For example, ssh-chat https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat is a standalone binary written in Go that binds to a port and speaks the ssh protocol on that port allowing anyone to connect without having had their public key manually approved.
Chat client for seedbox w/multiple users
4 projects | /r/seedboxes | 15 Oct 2021

Trying to chat in SSH? https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hiba and ssh-chat you can also consider the following projects:

putty-cac - Windows Secure Shell Client With Support For Smart Cards, Certificates, & FIDO Keys

devzat - The devs are over here at devzat, chat over SSH!

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

hexchat - GTK+ IRC client

dracut-crypt-ssh - dracut initramfs module to start dropbear sshd during boot to unlock the root filesystem with the (cryptsetup) LUKS passphrase remotely

quicssh - SSH over QUIC

ws-repl - MIGRATED TO https://vcs.rowanthorpe.com/rowan/ws-repl - THIS IS AN ARCHIVED VERSION... Arbitrary REPL in a web-page using websocketd

plugin-chat-ruTorrent

mnm - mnm implements TMTP protocol. Let Internet sites message members directly, instead of unreliable, insecure email. Contributors welcome! (Server)

hydrogen-web - Lightweight matrix client with legacy and mobile browser support

element-ios - A glossy Matrix collaboration client for iOS

wordle - ssh wordle.bdw.to