bash.rocks
Dev tools
online shell
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
0 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Privacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting project and neat image integration
From 2 comments
Very cool! The image integration is especially neat. What does the backend look like?
detaro on HNSeems like an interesting project! Unfortunately it doesn't show any output for me. I can see in the network inspector that the GET to /stdout returns the text, but it's not…
icebraining on HN
Objections
Security concerns about running arbitrary code and files being downloaded
From 3 comments
Seems like a cool idea, but clicking on this link will immediately download a file to your computer: https://bash.rocks/KJKEk3 (it's just a snippet from /dev/urandom, but it…
polygot on HNcan someone explain me how can this exist without being a security nightmare? From what I saw it's on a read only filesystem which looks like a great idea but what else?
fimdomeio on HNDoes each session run in an isolated container? Because I wonder, what's stopping an attacker from exhausting system resources, messing with other users stuff, etc.?
e79 on HN
Slow execution because a container starts on demand
From 1 comment
Hey - founder & CEO of Codenvy, also project lead for Eclipse Che - a workspace server and cloud IDE. We have learned a little bit about what it takes to run environments in the…
TylerJewell on HN
No practical use beyond existing local shell
From 1 comment
Neat, but what is the practical use? I already have a shell on my computer.
ams6110 on HN
Requests
Interactive mode that runs lines as you press enter
From 1 comment
What would make it really powerful/useful is toggle that switches the current source to an interactive mode that runs new lines as you press enter.
c3RlcGhlbnI_ on HN
WebAssembly-based in-browser execution
From 1 comment
I was hoping for WebAssembly - that is, a bash interpreter really running in the browser. Of course, that would be a lot more ambitious, since unless you wanted to be limited to…
comex on HN
Fish shell support
From 1 comment
Can we get fish instead of bash?
fiatjaf on HN
Questions
How the backend isolates sessions and prevents resource exhaustion
From 2 comments
Does each session run in an isolated container? Because I wonder, what's stopping an attacker from exhausting system resources, messing with other users stuff, etc.?
e79 on HNcan someone explain me how can this exist without being a security nightmare? From what I saw it's on a read only filesystem which looks like a great idea but what else?
fimdomeio on HN
Whether it is really bash or a full Linux environment
From 1 comment
So it's not bash, but a full Linux (?) environment with bash as the shell and some programs installed by default.
fiatjaf on HN
Alternatives named
cash, shelljs and vorpal for JavaScript shell emulation
From 1 comment
For node.js, there's also cash [1], shelljs [2], and an initial bash syntax parser [3], which actually implement POSIX shell subsets in Javascript (unlike this project, which I…
tannhaeuser on HN
jslinux
From 1 comment
I was hoping for WebAssembly - that is, a bash interpreter really running in the browser. Of course, that would be a lot more ambitious, since unless you wanted to be limited to…
comex on HN