SSH

Awesome SSH ¶

A curated list of SSH apps, libraries and resources.

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assh - Transparent wrapper (ProxyCommand) that adds regex, aliases, gateways, includes, dynamic hostnames to SSH and ssh-config. Previously: advanced-ssh-config
storm - Manage your SSH like a boss.
ansible-ssh-config - Letting Ansible manage ssh_config.
ec2ssh - A ssh_config manager for AWS EC2.
ssh-config - A tool to help manage your .ssh/config file.

sshportal - simple, fun, and transparent SSH (& Telnet) Bastion Server
ssh2docker - SSH server to Docker containers.
ssh-proxy - Dockerized SSH bastion to proxy SSH connections to arbitrary containers.
whosthere - A SSH server that knows who you are. $ ssh whoami.filippo.io.
sshfront - Programmable SSH frontend.
ssh-chat - Chat over SSH.
sshcommand - Turn SSH into a thin client specifically for your app.
sshmuxd - sshmux frontend.
x84 - A python telnet/ssh server for modern UTF-8 and classic cp437 network virtual terminals. In spirit of classic software such as ami/x, teleguard, renegade, iniquity.
teleport - Modern SSH server for clusters and teams.
ShellHub - A SSH gateway for remotely accessing any Linux device behind firewall and NAT.

Mosh - The mobile shell.
sshfs - Filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol.
ngrok - Introspected tunnels to localhost.
localtunnel - Expose localhost servers to the Internet.
sshuttle - Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.
sshttp - SSH/HTTP(S) multiplexer. Run a webserver and a sshd on the same port w/o changes.
switcher - Run SSH and HTTP(S) on the same port.
sslh - Applicative Protocol Multiplexer (i.e: SSH + HTTPS).
tund - SSH reverse tunnel daemon.
autossh - Automatically respawn SSH session after network interruption.
wssh - SSH to WebSockets Bridge.
docker-volume-sshfs - sshfs docker volume plugin.
quicssh - QUIC proxy for SSH
sshpiper - The missing reverse proxy for ssh scp.
sshhub - Web Service: access your SSH servers behind firewalls (ssh-teamviewer).

tmux - Terminal multiplexer.
clusterssh - Cluster admin via SSH.
tmux-cssh - tmux with a ClusterSSH-like behavior.
tm - tmux manager / helper.
i2cssh - csshX like SSH tool for iTerm2.
ClusterSSH - Controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console.

authy-ssh - Easy two-factor authentication for SSH servers.
github-auth - SSH key management for GitHub users.
cipherhub - Encrypt messages based on SSH public keys with easy import from GitHub.
Slack notifications (archived version) - Guide to setup Slack notifications (can be modified for other services).
totp-ssh-fluxer - A way to make sure your sshd port changes every 30 seconds.
github-keygen - Easy creation of secure SSH configuration for your GitHub account(s).
kr - Kr agent that route access request to the paired mobile phone where Kryptonite is installed.
ServerAuth - Automatically sync SSH access across servers
HIBA - Central management of access to a fleet of machines without pushing authorized_users files.

ssh-ident - Different agents and different keys for different projects, with ssh.
oh-my-zsh/plugins/ssh-agent - ssh-agent plugin for zsh.
sshecret - Automatically create and manage multiple agents for multiple keys.

xxh - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh.
sshrc - Bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you ssh.
kyrat - SSH wrapper script that brings your dotfiles always with you on Linux and OSX.
ssh-vault - encrypt/decrypt files using ssh keys
ssh-ping - check if host is reachable using ssh_config
SSHPry v2 - Spy & Control os SSH Connected client's TTY
redial - Terminal Based SSH Session Manager for Unix Systems

Ansible - App deployment, configuration management and orchestration over SSH.
rtop - Interactive, remote system monitoring tool based on SSH.
DSH - Dancer's shell / distributed shell - Wrapper for executing multiple remote shell commands from one command line.
parallel-ssh - Provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools.
SSH Power Tool - Execute commands and upload files to many servers simultaneously without using pre-shared keys.

Secure Shell chrome extension
GateOne - HTML5-powered terminal emulator and SSH client.
KeyBox - Web-based SSH console that centrally manages administrative access to systems.
Apache Guacamole - Apache Guacamole is a HTML5 based clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH.
SSHmon - Real-time GUI to monitor SSH connections and establish port forwardings.

GoTTY - Share your terminal as web application.
telnet - An unencrypted network protocol and an application used to connect to remote computers and issue commands.
ttyd - Share your terminal over the web.
rsh - An unencrypted network protocol and application used to connect to remote computers and issue commands.

C/C++
libssh - The SSH library.
Golang
crypto/ssh - Built-in SSH client and server library.
sftp - SFTP support for the go.crypto/ssh package.
go-sshkit - Toolkit for building SSH servers and clients in Go.
Socker - Library for Go to simplify the use of SSH.
go-sshkeys - Golang SSH Keys manipulation library
Java
jsch - Pure java, BSD licensed, SSH2 client library.
Javascript/Node.js
ssh2 - SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for node.js.
Python
paramiko - Native Python SSHv2 protocol library.
Ruby
net-ssh - Pure Ruby implementation of an SSH (protocol 2) client.