moul/assh

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3218 stars · 162 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

assh is a transparent wrapper around the SSH client written in Go that enhances SSH configuration with regex host matching, aliases, gateways, templates, inheritance, and variable expansion. It works as a ProxyCommand so it integrates seamlessly with ssh, scp, rsync, git, and lib-ssh-based applications.

Use cases

• manage ssh config with regex host patterns
• connect to hosts through ssh gateway jump hosts transparently
• create aliases and inheritance for ssh hosts
• split ssh configuration into multiple included files
• visualize ssh host relationships with graphviz
• rate-limit ssh connections per host or globally
• export ssh config as

When to choose

• you manage many ssh hosts and want smarter config than OpenSSH provides
• you need transparent gateway/proxy chaining without manual ProxyCommand setup
• you want regex matching, templates, and inheritance in ssh config
• you use ssh, scp, rsync, or git and want the enhancements to apply everywhere

When to avoid

• you only have a handful of hosts and OpenSSH config suffices
• you need a full GUI ssh manager
• you cannot install a ProxyCommand wrapper in your environment

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

ssh configuration-management proxy developer-tools cli workflow-automation developer-tools networking windows cross-platform cli go ssh-client-wrapper ssh-config gateways proxycommand yaml-config host-aliases command-line devops automation linux macos

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