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24 alternatives to Boulette - Protect you from yourself (even as root).

A terminal confirmation prompt that prevents you from accidentally damaging remote hosts. - crocuda/boulette

Boulette is a protection tool designed to prevent accidental system damage, even for users with root access. It works by intercepting and blocking dangerous commands before they execute, making it useful for developers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops▲197

   Hi HN! I've been working on Bor, an open-source system for centralized Linux desktop management. Bor consists of a lightweight Go agent and a central server. Policies are streamed to clients over mTLS/gRPC in real time—no polling—and currently support Firefox, Chrome, KDE, dconf, polkit and package management, with more coming. Version 0.8 introduces several new policy types - Thunderbird, Microsoft Edge for Business and FirewallD zones, along with a number of improvements and fixes. I'd love feedback on the architecture, policy model, and whether this is something you'd consider for…

   Aug 2026 · getbor.dev · its alternatives →

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   Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcut for iOS 12▲253

   2018 · shortcutroulette.com · its alternatives →

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   Aviary.sh – A tiny Bash alternative to Ansible▲276

   Minimal distributed configuration management in bash - frameable/aviary.sh

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget▲167

   Hi HN, I spent the past year building this in my spare time because I got tired of enterprise security tools that cost $50K/year and don't understand Linux. TheProtector is a comprehensive security monitoring tool that actually runs on the systems we use (Linux) instead of being a Windows-first afterthought. Built it entirely on a $500 laptop because I believe good security shouldn't require unlimited budgets. Features: - Real-time process, network, and file monitoring - YARA malware detection with custom rules - eBPF kernel monitoring (when available) - Behavioral baseline…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Secure MCP Framework by Arcade.dev▲272

   Skip migration and launch MCP with built-in Auth

   Nov 2025 · arcade.dev · its alternatives →

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   Sandworm▲293

   Keep your JavaScript code secure and compliant with Sandworm

   2023 · sandworm.dev · its alternatives →

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   Fortress – a stealth Chromium so your agents stop getting blocked▲43

   Stealth Chromium engine that stops scrapers and browser agents from getting blocked, with one line of code change. - tiliondev/fortress

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts▲89

   vet — A safer way to run remote scripts.

   2025 · getvet.sh · its alternatives →

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   Voice Roulette▲144

   Talk to strangers, maybe meet your next best internet friend

   2018 · its alternatives →

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    Lunch Roulette▲123

    Collaboration by grouping coworkers randomly for lunch.

    2020 · hoppier.com · its alternatives →

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    envsecrets▲72

    CLI first management of your environment secrets

    2023 · envsecrets.com · its alternatives →

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    LECTRON: DDoS Defense for Game Servers▲15

    Simplified anycast protection for less than $100 / month

    2024 · ev-lectron.com · its alternatives →

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    ChocBot▲76

    A slack bot that sends chocolates to your coworkers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Server Thief Bait – catch people in places they shouldn't be▲23

    Get a baited crypto wallet so you know if someones broken into your computer or server.

    2019 · serverthiefbait.com · its alternatives →

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    Tasqueue – A simple, customisable distributed job/worker in Go▲65

    A background jobs library for Go that allows pluggable brokers/store for distribution. - kalbhor/Tasqueue

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dastardly▲57

    A lightweight web app security scanner for your CI pipelines

    2022 · portswigger.net · its alternatives →

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    Lockdown.sh Simple shell script for locking down new linux installs▲51

    Lockdown your linux install. The simple zero config linux hardening script - dolegi/lockdown.sh

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    BrowserCrush▲57

    Gain points if you close windows. Lose points if you don't.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Posixcube, a shell script automation framework alternative to Ansible▲53

    posixcube.sh is a POSIX compliant, shell script-based server automation framework. - myplaceonline/posixcube

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Crontab Guru▲66

    We’re the makers of Crontab.guru and Cronitor.io, both first launched on HN about a decade ago. We wanted a secure web GUI way to manage/run our own cron jobs — so we built it and open‑sourced it! With Crontab Guru Dashboard you can: * Create, update, suspend and delete your cron jobs easily * Start a job on-demand or kill running instances that are hanging around too long * Debug jobs with a local console * Use our MCP server to integrate with coding assistants like Cursor and Claude Code to configure jobs and check health/status Feedback welcome!

    2022 · crontab.guru · its alternatives →

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    A Claude Code plugin that catch destructive Git and filesystem commands▲61

    A pre-execution guard for AI coding agents. It blocks destructive Git and file system commands, plus common attempts to access sensitive files, before a tool call runs. Supports Amp Code, Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Grok Build, Hermes Agent, Kimi Code

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Control Claude permissions using a cloud-based decision table UI▲14

    We’ve been building visual rule engines (clear spreadsheet interfaces -> API endpoints that map incoming data to a large number of potential outcomes), and had the fun idea lately to see what happens when we use our decision table UI with Claude’s PreToolUse hook. The result is a surprisingly useful policy/gating layer– these tables let your team: - Write conditional, exception-friendly policies beyond globs/prefixes (e.g. allow rm -rf only in */node_modules/*, deny / or $HOME, ask if --force or network call; gate kubectl delete / SQL DROP with a clear reason) -…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DepsGuard – One command to harden NPM/pnpm/yarn/bun/uv configs▲40

    I kept seeing every npm/pnpm/yarn/bun/uv supply chain post end with the same advice (set a minimum release age, turn off install scripts), and while I know cooldowns are "controversial", they do work. But even if you convince people that they should set cooldowns, it seems many don't end up following through, not sure why, maybe because it means hand-editing five config files in five formats with five different time units, or perhaps the "it won't happen to me" syndrome (or "I'll do it later, it seems complicated" where it's actually very simple). So I created a tool that…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pueue: A daemonized Unix command line queue utility▲12

    :stars: Manage your shell commands. Contribute to Nukesor/pueue development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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