Bor
Policy management tool in Developer tools
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
No SSH needed on machines
“Some orgs might not want ssh running on user laptops/workstations, so I think that it's a plus to not have that requirement.”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops” “there's no SSH key sprawl and no credentials on the server that could log into machines”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops” Useful for businesses and organizations
“That's actually something pretty useful for businesses that relay on *NIX.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Policy management for Linux desktops” “It would be useful in Schools, universities, community centers, etc.”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No certificate management yet
“Unfortunately, it doesn't manage certificates at the current stage of development.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Policy management for Linux desktops” Diagrams need clearer design
“the diagrams should really be replaced with something more familiar and readable”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops”
What people said
10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Hopefully it can be used via git to have a deployment for all my home linux desktop environments”
“It would be useful in Schools, universities, community centers, etc.”
“Some orgs might not want ssh running on user laptops/workstations, so I think that it's a plus to not have that requirement.”
“there's no SSH key sprawl and no credentials on the server that could log into machines”
“the diagrams should really be replaced with something more familiar and readable”
“the inotify drift-catch on parent dirs is a clean answer”
“it does not have Bor's tamper protection of the managed files”
“this is really great work so far”
“Unfortunately, it doesn't manage certificates at the current stage of development.”
“That's actually something pretty useful for businesses that relay on *NIX.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.