Show HN: Open-source control layer for AI safely access production

Category: security

Tags: security, data-masking, ai-governance, database-gateway, session-recording

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Hoop is an open-source gateway that provides a real-time control layer for AI agents and engineers accessing production infrastructure, enabling data masking, dangerous command blocking, and session recording without code changes. Its novel combination of ML-powered PII detection and wire-protocol-level interception for multiple protocols (databases, Kubernetes, SSH, AI agents) fills a known gap in securing dynamic infrastructure access. The project is notable for its pragmatic design, CNCF membership, and adoption by enterprises.

Target audience: devops, platform engineers, security engineers

Repository: https://github.com/hoophq/hoop · Go · MIT · 669 stars

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