Show HN: Manage access to Basecamp, GitHub, Heroku, and more

[DerekH]

Hey everyone, I ran some Facebook ads and received some feedback from Reddit /r/startups. I decided it was enough validation to build it.

If you're like me, you've probably used Basecamp, GitHub, Heroku, HipChat, and many other apps on a daily basis. One of the things I found annoying was sending out invitations to all of these different apps. Onboarder solves this. When you need to invite someone new, type in their email (and GitHub username) and you're done. Onboarder handles the rest.

Better yet, when you need to remove access, you can do so with just one click.

I'm exploring opportunities to make this process even simpler. I definitely think it would be better with deeper integration. For a first version, I think it's pretty cool.

Thanks a lot for listening and I welcome any and all feedback.

[jmacd]

The haters are going to hate...

Identity, access/SSO, provisioning and management are all massive problems that need to be dealt with. For an MVP you are hitting on the important stuff.

Security and being trustworthy are going to be extremely important and I would stress that if I were you. You don't want to be a weak link.

[robbiemitchell]

Onboarding is a pain to solve (yay), but offboarding is even worse. If this really does deactivate everyone's account across all services, it's a huge win.

[hi2usir]

I really don't mean to be a jerk, but this sounds like a terrible idea. Four places to send invites from? That's a first world problem, not a startup business opportunity.

[cjbprime]

Looks like a clone of https://www.meldium.com/, I think?

[DerekH]

Yep, looks like it. Thanks for posting this. I was focused on the big players in the space, and I missed this one. It's interesting that it never came up while I was talking about it with others.

[jmacd]

Clone? Wouldn't Competitor be a bit more fair? There are many.

[runako]

This looks like an interesting concept. How does it compare with LDAP/Active Directory/Google Apps integration?

[DerekH]

I'm still trying to learn more about Active Directory everyday. Companies like Okta and OneLogin offer user provisioning (what Onboarder is doing) and they integrate with Active Directory.

Onboarder is definitely not that complex yet, but I'm still learning about this space. My goal was to make it simple. Connect with OAuth or give us an API key, and we're good to go.

[pushkargaikwad]

Derek, The design and control flow looks very smooth for first version of the site. I have registered and will look to use it, here is a small suggestion, you can probably add something on dashboard to show as initially it shows nothing.

[dave_sid]

I think it's a good idea. You'd need to include more systems than you mention however. Our company uses a few of the ones you mentioned.

[thebiglebrewski]

Nice work! This needs a lot more services, I think, but the concept is smart.

[DerekH]

Thanks! Yes, I definitely agree. For the first version, I picked the ones I felt could generate the most interest. I've had people mention Google Apps, the Atlassian suite, Campfire, and many more.