# Bor

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Bor and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source policy management for Linux desktops that works without SSH on user machines and keeps no credentials on the server; people recommend it for managing fleets of machines.

## Why people recommend it

- No SSH needed on machines (2 comments): "Some orgs might not want ssh running on user laptops/workstations, so I think that it's a plus to not have that requirement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145057)) "there's no SSH key sprawl and no credentials on the server that could log into machines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49144862))
- Useful for businesses and organizations (2 comments): "That's actually something pretty useful for businesses that relay on *NIX." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764986)) "It would be useful in Schools, universities, community centers, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49149105))

## What people warn about

- No certificate management yet (1 comments): "Unfortunately, it doesn't manage certificates at the current stage of development." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765083))
- Diagrams need clearer design (1 comments): "the diagrams should really be replaced with something more familiar and readable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49144798))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bor/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).