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Show HN: BoxyHQ – open-source alternative to Auth0/WorkOS

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Post by deepakprab »

Hi HN, we are Deepak and Sama, co-founders of BoxyHQ (https://boxyhq.com/). BoxyHQ provides an open-source platform for developers to quickly integrate enterprise features into their software solutions. These include SAML Single Sign-On (SSO), Audit logs, with more to come :)

Every B2B startup faces a common challenge when it comes to selling into the Enterprise; they need to allocate time and resources to support all the requirements to make their offering enterprise-grade. Supporting these requirements is a significant undertaking for the engineering team, especially since they already have their hands full with the core product. We experienced this problem ourselves and that is why we built BoxyHQ, a platform to integrate enterprise features in any SaaS app with just a few lines of code.

The main difference with Auth0 and WorkOS is that BoxyHQ is being built on an open source ethos. Our focus is to be a developer-first security platform, putting developers at the centre of our holistic approach and help them close the gap between compliance and security.

Please let me know if you have any questions, you can also reach out to me at deepak@boxyhq.com

Show HN: BoxyHQ – open-source alternative to Auth0/WorkOS
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Post by tailspin2019 »

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :)

I am excited by this.

However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs:

https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction

What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point?

I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing the intro!

I don’t mind a bit of humour, but this was a tad confusing…

What are your plans regarding a commercial model for your product (if you can share?)

Edit: also as a bit of feedback; because your website is quite basic at the moment and the only call to action seems to be the big “Contact Us” button, I’m left wondering what stage you’re at and whether you have anything that’s usable now that I can use in production, or if it’s still at a Beta / under-development stage?

If it’s ready to be used, perhaps add a “Get Started” button to the left of the “Contact Us” button as that serves as both a strong call to action and also clearly indicates that you consider the product is ready to use (even if your commercial offering isn’t yet).

If it’s not yet ready, perhaps change that suggested button to a “Keep Me Updated” button with an email signup?

There’s not enough here for me to consider contacting you at this stage… I would either want to try it out, or give you my email so that you can tell me when it’s ready to try out.

I glanced at the GitHub repo but I’m still not really clear if this is a work in progress or it’s ready to go…!

Just my opinion… for what it’s worth!

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Post by crad »

tailspin2019 wrote: post #2

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :) I am excited by this. However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs: https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point? I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing…

Looks like the name of one of the open source projects in the platform: https://github.com/boxyhq/jackson

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Post by Ocha »

tailspin2019 wrote: post #2

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :) I am excited by this. However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs: https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point? I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing…

SAML Jackson -> Samuel L. Jackson

Pretty funny

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Post by deepakprab »

tailspin2019 wrote: post #2

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :) I am excited by this. However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs: https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point? I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing…

Thank you tailspin2019, it definitely is an interesting day for an SSO product! :)

It is a Pulp Fiction reference but I agree it is confusing. We'll refine the intro and the CTA on the webpage, great feedback.

Our core will always be free (Apache 2.0 license) and our commercials will be based on the following models: 1) A hosted solution in the future 2) Premium features on top of our core (To ease deployment, administration and integrations with Enterprise security products) 3) Vertical specific solutions for regulated industries like Healthcare and Finance.

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Post by deepakprab »

Ocha wrote: post #4
tailspin2019 wrote: post #2

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :) I am excited by this. However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs: https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point? I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing…

SAML Jackson -> Samuel L. Jackson Pretty funny

Haha, making SSO a little less boring. :)

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Post by deepakprab »

crad wrote: post #3
tailspin2019 wrote: post #2

Great day for a ShowHN for an open source SSO product :) I am excited by this. However I got thoroughly confused on the introduction page of your docs: https://boxyhq.com/docs/jackson/introduction What is “Jackson” - did you rebrand at some point? I think it’s a Pulp Fiction reference(?) but I spent more time looking that (and the name “Jules Winnfield”) up to try and understand the context then I did reading/parsing…

Looks like the name of one of the open source projects in the platform: https://github.com/boxyhq/jackson

Indeed, thank you.

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Post by deepakprab »

Peer_Rich wrote: post #5

we use boxy over at cal.com and it’s been super cool. deepak personally helped us get started

Thanks Peer. We are a natural fit for OSS projects/COSS companies that inevitably need these features once they start seeing interest from Enterprise customers.
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