Moribito
Dev tools
terminal ui for ldap
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106points
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#695of 3,837 in 2025
Top 19%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight alternative to Apache Directory Studio
From 2 comments
Apache Directory Studio is extremely cumbersome / heavy so this is much appreciated.
zephyreon on HNThis is epic, especially as it is repository friendly. Thank you.
majkinetor on HN
Useful for LDAP admins and fills a gap for TUIs
From 2 comments
That was what I immediately was thinking about. I wish I had had a tool like this when admining an LDAP server for a compute cluster. This would have made my life much easier, as…
mbreese on HNWe need more TUIs! Love it!
dionian on HN
Objections
Install script fails on Windows
From 1 comment
Tested it now somewhat. Some points so far: 1. Installation script doesn't work on Windows. Exit 1 is particularly problematic as it kills the current shell 2. No search on…
majkinetor on HN
Missing vim-style search and paging keys
From 1 comment
Tested it now somewhat. Some points so far: 1. Installation script doesn't work on Windows. Exit 1 is particularly problematic as it kills the current shell 2. No search on…
majkinetor on HN
Requests
Support for OpenLDAP cn=config editing
From 1 comment
Is it possible to view/edit the "cn=config" tree of OpenLDAP to make configuration changes with this? I often do ``` ldapvi -h ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -b 'cn=config' ``` and…
throw0101a on HN
Test LDAP server for development
From 1 comment
It would be possible, but I don't have a good ldap server to test on, especially one I can modify config changes. If you'd like to contribute to the repo, adding a test ldap…
woumn on HN
Questions
Does it work with Active Directory?
From 1 comment
Does this work with AD?
victor106 on HN
Alternatives named
Apache Directory Studio
From 2 comments
Apache Directory Studio is extremely cumbersome / heavy so this is much appreciated.
zephyreon on HNI hate it so much. And it barely works with newer macs.
woumn on HN
ldapvi
From 1 comment
Is it possible to view/edit the "cn=config" tree of OpenLDAP to make configuration changes with this? I often do ``` ldapvi -h ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -b 'cn=config' ``` and…
throw0101a on HN