Cypht
Productivity
webmail client
SHOW HN2016
110points
36comments
#333of 2,264 in 2016
Top 15%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Docs: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-organized website and docs
From 3 comments
I am impressed with the 100% code coverage [1] of your project. It would be cool to have the installation instructions [2] in a Vagrant or Docker script, or as someone else…
guessmyname on HNDefinitely needed. Nice clean layout, the cleaner the better.
Supraperplex on HNLooks very nice. Was about to ask about support for 2-factor authentication, then saw this: ``` Support for 2 factor authentication with any TOTP compatible authenticator app ```…
0xmohit on HN
100% test coverage
From 1 comment
I am impressed with the 100% code coverage [1] of your project. It would be cool to have the installation instructions [2] in a Vagrant or Docker script, or as someone else…
guessmyname on HN
Thin client design that keeps email content out of server storage
From 1 comment
Thanks for your feedback! Cypht is a thin client that only accesses E-mail using IMAP (or POP3). No E-mail content is maintained locally except in the server side session, and…
jasonmunro on HN
Objections
No PGP support yet
From 1 comment
I can't find any mention of PGP anywhere on the site. That it is supported, or in-development, or planned. Which is a shame, because there are good Webmail implementations out…
mike-cardwell on HN
Name is hard to pronounce
From 1 comment
Lacks a decent name easy to pronounce
jhoechtl on HN
Design of the Sandstorm comparison looks ugly
From 1 comment
Sandstorm is an interesting idea. The design is so ugly, though...
the_duke on HN
Requests
Docker image or online demo
From 1 comment
I can recommend adding a faster way to try it, either a demo online or even better a docker image.
ecesena on HN
Heroku deploy button
From 2 comments
Could also setup a heroku deploy button. https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-button
wes-k on HNI am impressed with the 100% code coverage [1] of your project. It would be cool to have the installation instructions [2] in a Vagrant or Docker script, or as someone else…
guessmyname on HN
More screenshots
From 1 comment
It looks nice, but may I suggest a couple more screenshots and/or GIFs to really showcase it (email edit/compose view, RSS reader view, etc). As a marketer it kills me the amount…
ckluis on HN
PGP support
From 2 comments
I would love this. Appreciate it isn't simple. Keep up the good work.
scandox on HNWe have an open issue at github for PGP support, and it's something I definitely want to pursue. The big concern is private key security and how to balance that with usability.
jasonmunro on HN
Questions
Why GPL v2 license
From 1 comment
Why GPL v2?
mpitt on HN
Support for OAuth2 with IMAP on self-hosted mail servers
From 1 comment
I'm hosting my own e-mail; do you know if it's possible to set up exim / dovecot to support OAuth2 and what benefit would that provide over using e.g. LOGIN over tls?
maaarghk on HN
Whether keybase or S/MIME are supported
From 2 comments
Is there a way to hook into keybase? https://keybase.io/ This project looks great, I use Fastmail but would like to have an IMAP web front end I host (I used to host my own…
fak3r on HNAny chance that/another issue would cover s/mime? Many mainstream (read: Apple/Microsoft) mail clients need plugins (which eg on iOS aren't an option) for PGP Mail, but S/MIME is…
stephenr on HN
Alternatives named
Roundcube
From 1 comment
I can't find any mention of PGP anywhere on the site. That it is supported, or in-development, or planned. Which is a shame, because there are good Webmail implementations out…
mike-cardwell on HN
Rainloop
From 2 comments
I can't find any mention of PGP anywhere on the site. That it is supported, or in-development, or planned. Which is a shame, because there are good Webmail implementations out…
mike-cardwell on HNI use rainloop currently on a Cloudron. Would be great to have this as a cloudron.io app! (It's just based on Docker)
the_common_man on HN
Sandstorm
From 1 comment
Do you know about Sandstorm and its app market? https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-require-federated-hosting
carussell on HN