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24 alternatives to Initial release of Octopass to manage linux users with GitHub org/team

Octopass brings GitHub's team management to your Linux servers. No more manually managing /etc/passwd or distributing SSH keys — just add users to your GitHub team, and they're ready to SSH into your servers. - linyows/octopass

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Initial release of Octopass to manage linux users with GitHub org/team launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Octolink▲104

    Link sharing for GitHub repositories

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    We talk about a new feature in Teleconsole:\ you can turn any laptop into a secure and publicly accessible SSH server which uses Github SSH keys for authentication.

    2017 · gravitational.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple way to manage your remote machines and SSH keys - d3witt/viking

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SSH over AWS SSM. No bastions or public-facing instances. SSH user management through IAM. No requirement to store SSH keys locally or on server. - elpy1/ssh-over-ssm

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Manage your SSH keys with ease using Github. Contribute to nukomeet/gapcio development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Octohub▲127

    The missing app for GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    RunsOnfree tier, from $300/mo▲142

    10x cheaper GitHub Actions runners, self-hosted on AWS

    2024 · runs-on.com · its alternatives →

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    Delivery system based on git push and ssh. Contribute to arnoo/git-deliver development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Enabling SSH Access Control Using Github Repo Permissions (No Key File) - shaylevi2/githubssh

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Create a more informative GitHub profile

    2021 · octoprofile.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Deploy projects to Cloudflare Workers using GitHub Actions

    2020 · dash.cloudflare.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate, store, and use SSH keys for Git, servers and more.

    2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I’ve been running GitHub Actions workflows for a while, and when GitHub announced the new ubuntu-slim runners as a cheaper alternative to ubuntu-latest, I wanted to migrate—but figuring out which workflows are safe to switch turned out to be surprisingly tedious. You need to check for Docker usage, services, containers, step failures due to missing packages, and whether jobs rely on tools not available in the slim image. So I built gh-slimify, a GitHub CLI extension that automates all of this. It scans your repository, detects which jobs can be migrated, flags incompatible patterns,…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Your GitHub profile as a live terminal dashboard

    Apr 2026 · gfazioli.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I went to an ATProto meetup last week, and as a burnt-out semi-academic who hates academic publishing, I thought there might be a cool opportunity to build on Octopus (https://www.octopus.ac/), so I got a bit excited over the weekend and built Octosphere. Hopefully some of you find it interesting! Blog post here: https://andreasthinks.me/posts/octosphere/octosphere.html

    Feb 2026 · octosphere.social · its alternatives →

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    Minimalistic "Fork me on GitHub". Contribute to muhammadmuzzammil1998/OctoCSS development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I've built an app for macOS that allows performing common SSH operations on Linux servers using a native GUI. The problem: Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. After dealing with tens of production/staging VPSes at previous jobs, I realized there had to be a better way for common operations I did on a daily basis than my collection of bash snippets. Features: - Quickly switch between different servers. Tag servers with arbitrary key values for easy search. - Real-time dashboard with CPU/memory graphs,…

    2025 · serverbuddy.app · its alternatives →

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    Use GitHub Actions to create a Serverless service. - gitfx/ActionServerless

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I think I found the most minimalist way to share secrets between devs and infra. What do you think? https://github.com/tarasglek/github-to-sops PS. I'm not a security guy, go easy on me.

    2024 · taras.glek.net · its alternatives →

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    Mass delete GitHub repos from your terminal

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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