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SSH-based remote access, tunneling, and server administration.

5,027 stories · 98 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,321 stories
JetKVM Mini↗ jetkvm.com · HN · 235 comments · 573 points · Sep 13, 2026
GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally↗ unsloth.ai · HN · 305 comments · 617 points · Jun 22, 2026
LittleSnitch for Linux↗ obdev.at · HN · 461 comments · 1378 points · Apr 09, 2026
Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal↗ micasa.dev · HN · 218 comments · 657 points · Feb 19, 2026
CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun↗ fulghum.io · HN · 549 comments · 775 points · Jan 11, 2026
2025963 stories
My Self-Hosting Setup↗ codecaptured.com · HN · 207 comments · 612 points · Jul 19, 2025
I used o3 to find a remote zeroday in the Linux SMB implementation↗ sean.heelan.io · HN · 223 comments · 658 points · May 24, 2025
Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers↗ pico.sh · HN · 141 comments · 635 points · Apr 02, 2025
VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas↗ fly.io · HN · 511 comments · 737 points · Feb 08, 2025
Httptap: View HTTP/HTTPS requests made by any Linux program↗ github.com · HN · 145 comments · 664 points · Feb 03, 2025
2024593 stories
OpenERV↗ openerv.ca · HN · 262 comments · 849 points · Dec 16, 2024
Visual guide to SSH tunneling and port forwarding (2023)↗ ittavern.com · HN · 58 comments · 407 points · Sep 19, 2024
Show HN: A CLI tool I made to self-host any app with two commands on a VPS↗ github.com · HN · 152 comments · 452 points · Sep 19, 2024
New startup sells coffee through SSH↗ terminal.shop · HN · 407 comments · 904 points · May 01, 2024
How SSH port became 22 (2017)↗ ssh.com · HN · 176 comments · 408 points · Feb 09, 2024
2023436 stories
Remote controlling an HP 1670G logic analyzer with a Linux PC X server↗ tomverbeure.github.io · HN · 25 comments · 71 points · Dec 27, 2023
Non-interactive SSH password authentication↗ vincent.bernat.ch · HN · 123 comments · 270 points · Dec 25, 2023
SSH over HTTPS↗ trofi.github.io · HN · 129 comments · 426 points · Dec 22, 2023
Ubiquiti showing other users' consoles↗ community.ui.com · HN · 21 comments · 55 points · Dec 14, 2023
Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH’s forwarded SSH-agent↗ blog.qualys.com · HN · 23 comments · 40 points · Jul 19, 2023
2022567 stories
Show HN: SadServers – Test your Linux troubleshooting skills↗ sadservers.com · HN · 128 comments · 597 points · Oct 26, 2022
I wish my web server were in the corner of my room↗ interconnected.org · HN · 436 comments · 589 points · Oct 11, 2022
SSH tips and tricks↗ carlosbecker.dev · HN · 157 comments · 589 points · Aug 16, 2022
Tailscale SSH↗ tailscale.com · HN · 303 comments · 759 points · Jun 22, 2022
My thoughts on writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash↗ sdomi.pl · HN · 90 comments · 480 points · Feb 15, 2022
2021524 stories
Remote OK Open Startup↗ remoteok.io · HN · 127 comments · 412 points · Oct 15, 2021
Bye CUPS: Printing with Netcat↗ retrohacker.substack.com · HN · 177 comments · 417 points · Aug 03, 2021
Outrun: Execute local command using processing power of another Linux machine↗ github.com · HN · 134 comments · 526 points · Mar 18, 2021
A visual guide to SSH tunnels↗ robotmoon.com · HN · 80 comments · 963 points · Feb 07, 2021
My ISP Is Killing My Idle SSH Sessions↗ anderstrier.dk · HN · 240 comments · 403 points · Jan 11, 2021
2020623 stories
How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home↗ securitylab.github.com · HN · 278 comments · 876 points · Nov 10, 2020
Deprecating scp↗ lwn.net · HN · 342 comments · 690 points · Nov 06, 2020
SSH hacks – a little sanity for remote workers↗ smallstep.com · HN · 227 comments · 770 points · Apr 29, 2020
How to SSH Properly↗ gravitational.com · HN · 158 comments · 584 points · Apr 01, 2020
I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH↗ feed.tyler.io · HN · 340 comments · 733 points · Mar 31, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)↗ fly.io · HN · 218 comments · 310 points · Sep 23, 2026
JetKVM Mini↗ jetkvm.com · HN · 235 comments · 573 points · Sep 13, 2026
Custom home server built from spare parts↗ asmat.ca · HN · 54 comments · 91 points · Sep 20, 2026
A 32-year-old bug walks into a Telnet server↗ labs.watchtowr.com · HN · 46 comments · 112 points · Sep 16, 2026
Connecting the machines↗ herdr.dev · HN · 35 comments · 93 points · Sep 08, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

JetKVM Mini↗ jetkvm.com · HN · 235 comments · 573 points · Sep 13, 2026
VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)↗ fly.io · HN · 218 comments · 310 points · Sep 23, 2026
A 32-year-old bug walks into a Telnet server↗ labs.watchtowr.com · HN · 46 comments · 112 points · Sep 16, 2026
Connecting the machines↗ herdr.dev · HN · 35 comments · 93 points · Sep 08, 2026
Custom home server built from spare parts↗ asmat.ca · HN · 54 comments · 91 points · Sep 20, 2026
Setting up OpenCode with Ollama and sbx on Mac↗ tensorsandtokens.com · HN · 14 comments · 31 points · Sep 11, 2026
Show HN: Mcptunnels – ngrok for MCP with basic OAuth↗ terragohan.github.io · HN · 4 comments · 15 points · Sep 01, 2026
Self-Hosting on the Dark Web↗ david.alvarezrosa.com · HN · 5 comments · 15 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: Hydra – Open-source agentic terminal with a PTY daemon↗ github.com · HN · 9 comments · 14 points · Sep 09, 2026
Self-Hosting Behind Cgnat – Be Libre↗ david.alvarezrosa.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 21, 2026

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