apenwarr/sshuttle

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8858 stars · 611 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

sshuttle is a Python command-line tool that creates a transparent proxy over SSH, acting like a lightweight VPN without admin rights on the remote network. This original apenwarr repository is deprecated; development has moved to the sshuttle/sshuttle organization.

Use cases

• tunnel all my traffic through an ssh server like a vpn
• access a remote network over ssh without setting up a vpn
• forward traffic to many hosts without per-port ssh forwards
• poor man's vpn over ssh on linux or mac
• route subnet traffic through a remote ssh connection
• avoid tcp-over-tcp performance issues of openssh tunneling

When to choose

• you have ssh access to a remote network but no VPN or admin rights there
• you want transparent subnet routing over ssh instead of per-host port forwards
• you need a simple VPN alternative on Linux, BSD, or macOS

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured or actively maintained VPN solution - use the successor repo sshuttle/sshuttle instead
• you need native Windows support
• you require high-throughput site-to-site VPN with kernel-level performance

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

vpn proxy networking ssh networking security privacy bsd python cli poor-mans-vpn transparent-proxy ssh-tunneling moved-to-sshuttle-sshuttle command-line linux macos

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