Infisical
Infrastructure
secret management
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Pricing: 0 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful landing page and developer experience
From 1 comment
Love the landing page - beautiful!
ujnproduct on HN
Useful all-in-one platform
From 1 comment
Great system, Amazing founders!
nevodavid10 on HN
Objections
Open core, not fully open source
From 2 comments
Be aware: It’s Open Core, not all Open Source.
teddyh on HNHow is this open source if we have limits with on premise installations?
majkinetor on HN
Paywalling 2FA and security features
From 2 comments
wait, you need to pay to be able to use a yubi key for two factor?
Zekio on HNThere’s a strong, widespread objection to hiding security features behind a paywall: https://sso.tax/ If 2fa is the only way you can differentiate in order to force enterprises…
oldtownroad on HN
No tests in the codebase
From 1 comment
And still no tests in your codebase. This is absolutely ridiculous when it has been brought up in every past Show HN that you've done. I really really hope nobody is reckless…
iLoveOncall on HN
Missing Java and Rust SDKs
From 1 comment
The fact that there are no Java or Rust SDKs available makes this a non-starter for me to even consider it.
microflash on HN
Name is hard to spell and remember
From 1 comment
Looks like a great platform, congrats! Have you gotten feedback on the name, Infisical? If a user is at a conference or on an online meeting and they mention your company to…
quickco on HN
Requests
Ruby SDK
From 1 comment
Any plans on Ruby?
Alifatisk on HN
Free 2FA with YubiKey support
From 2 comments
wait, you need to pay to be able to use a yubi key for two factor?
Zekio on HNI certainly wouldn't use the product if it isn't a free feature
Zekio on HN
Lxc/lxd support alongside Docker
From 1 comment
Is docker use required? I prefer lxd/lxc.
alchemist1e9 on HN
Questions
How does it compare with HashiCorp Vault?
From 1 comment
How does this compare with Hashicorp Vault?
lwhsiao on HN
Difference from 1Password Connect for Kubernetes
From 1 comment
Very cool and congrats on the launch. Can you perhaps talk about pros/cons of using your Kubernetes operator vs 1Password Connect[1]? Seems like your operator would require…
nodesocket on HN
Whether on-premise installs have user limits
From 1 comment
So is there a 5 user limit with on premise installation or not? The site seems to say so, and your comment just makes it more confusing.
majkinetor on HN
Alternatives named
HashiCorp Vault
From 2 comments
How does this compare with Hashicorp Vault?
lwhsiao on HN> On top of that, we heard over and over again that HCP Vault is too complicated for developers to set up and maintain. WOW! I'm shocked, it's a single go binary and it has been…
zie on HN
SOPS
From 1 comment
This is really cool! We’re using SOPS right now which works alright, but it’s very easy to leak secrets and it’s a pain to sync updates as everything has to go through Git. Can…
sebmellen on HN
1Password Connect
From 1 comment
Very cool and congrats on the launch. Can you perhaps talk about pros/cons of using your Kubernetes operator vs 1Password Connect[1]? Seems like your operator would require…
nodesocket on HN
AWS Secrets Manager
From 1 comment
I was wondering whether this project is safe to trust my secrets. Thanks for saving me time. Besides, a challenge with secrets is hardware. Storing them on ordinary EC2 instances…
rmbyrro on HN