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SSH-TPM-agent · Release v0.9.0

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HN · launched May 4, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: remote access and protocol clients · 88 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▲ +29% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Security
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No An SSH agent backed by hardware TPM requires specialized cryptography implementation, low-level TPM 2.0 specifications (TSS2), platform security, and standard SSH protocol daemon handling.

What it would actually take: The application is written in Go or C/Rust implementing an OpenSSH agent protocol daemon that talks directly to TPM 2.0 chips via the TSS2 library or OS device nodes (`/dev/tpmrm0`, Cryptography Next Gen on Windows). It requires deep knowledge of cryptographic key sealing, PCR policies, platform authorization, attestation, and secure handling of non-migratable hardware private keys.

Discussion

3 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Client-side host key management on Mac

Concerns raised: Security guarantees of software TPM in cloud environments, Software TPM provides limited protection vs hardware TPM, Keys could still be extracted from cloud servers

Feature requests: Windows support, macOS support

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 1234 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #858 of 1235 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 182 days after the earliest competitor.

  • ssh-key-manager · github · 2026-11-02 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • shellwing · github · 2026-10-18 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • platty · github · 2026-10-13 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • Reminal · hn · 2026-07-01 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Chuchu, an Android SSH client built on libghostty · hn · 2026-05-09 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • bwssh · github · 2026-09-22 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • vmup · github · 2026-09-12 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • doops · github · 2026-11-07 · 47 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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