Show HN: Respawn – content-addressed filesystem snapshots and undo (Rust)

Category: infrastructure

Tags: content-addressed, filesystem, snapshot, rust, undo, replication

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 9, Utility: 5)

Respawn is a content-addressed filesystem snapshot tool written in Rust, offering undo-as-infrastructure with BLAKE3-verified objects, tamper-evident audit logs, and LAN replication. It targets the 'agent era' by allowing users to snapshot a directory before autonomous processes run and revert atomically afterward. The project stands out for its honest security documentation and careful design, though it remains beta with several limitations.

Target audience: backend developers, devops, system administrators, AI agent developers

Repository: https://github.com/savageAZfck/respawn · Rust · NOASSERTION

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