Passwordless Terminal Forum

A headless, keyboard-only forum for developers who live in the terminal

Problem

When communities like HN decline in quality, users want stronger expression mechanics (e.g., downvotes with justification), but existing forum products are either too heavy or have cumbersome sign-ups. Terminal users lack a native lightweight discussion tool.

Solution

A headless forum accessible only via SSH/terminal, using key pairs instead of passwords. Posting, replying, and voting are all keyboard-driven; every downvote requires a public one-line reason, reducing drive-by downvotes.

Users

Developers and ops people who work in terminals and are tired of web forum noise

MVP

Terminal sign-up with key auth; post/reply/vote; mandatory vote reasons; topic list and RSS output

Revenue

Open-source core + hosted subscription (private instances, custom domains, backups)

Why now

Developer fatigue with web communities is rising, terminal workflows (agents, TUI) are coming back, and lightweight passwordless auth is mature