Show HN: TruthBeacon – Open-source Discord moderation app in Tauri and Rust

Category: security

Tags: discord, moderation, tauri, rust, privacy, homoglyph-detection

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

SlashBeacon (formerly TruthBeacon) is a local-first Discord moderation desktop app built with Tauri and Rust that detects impersonation via Unicode homoglyph normalization, fuzzy name matching, and perceptual image hashing. It offers a privacy-preserving alternative to cloud-based moderation bots, with encrypted token storage, automated incident triage, and a test sandbox for detection tuning.

Target audience: Discord community moderators, server admins

Repository: https://github.com/boredpolymath/truth-beacon · Rust · Apache-2.0

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