# apenwarr/sshuttle

Wrong project!  You should head over to http://github.com/sshuttle/sshuttle

Repository: https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apenwarr-sshuttle
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-02-15T13:16:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5967, "days_push": 3121, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8858, forks 611 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:26.055253+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: vpn, proxy, networking, ssh
- domain: networking, security, privacy
- platform: bsd, python, cli
- tags: poor-mans-vpn, transparent-proxy, ssh-tunneling, moved-to-sshuttle-sshuttle, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- apenwarr/sshuttle (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.055253+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:24:46.907778+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.055253+00:00, sha 6536c92c6f9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.