# moul/assh

:computer: make your ssh client smarter

Repository: https://github.com/moul/assh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/assh
Homepage: https://manfred.life/assh
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ssh, proxy, config-management, config, devops, automation
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:02:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5365, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 50.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3218, forks 162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:49.643738+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, configuration-management, proxy, developer-tools, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, networking
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: ssh-client-wrapper, ssh-config, gateways, proxycommand, yaml-config, host-aliases, command-line, devops, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- moul/assh (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.643738+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 2026-08-29T18:44:54.303282+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/moul/assh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.643738+00:00, sha 525d213db748)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.