# alebeck/boring

The `boring`  SSH tunnel manager

Repository: https://github.com/alebeck/boring
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/boring
Homepage: https://alebeck.github.io/boring/
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-07-14T14:30:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 91, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 711, "days_push": 50, "days_rel": 60, "gap_med": 17, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1664, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.931673+00:00)

## What it is
boring is a lightweight command-line SSH tunnel manager written in Go. It manages local, remote, and dynamic (SOCKS5) port forwarding tunnels defined in a simple TOML configuration file, integrating with SSH config and ssh-agent.

## Use cases
- manage ssh tunnels from the command line
- set up local port forwarding to a dev server
- create a socks5 proxy through a remote host
- automatically reconnect ssh tunnels with keep-alives
- open groups of ssh tunnels defined in a toml config
- forward ports using my existing ssh config and agent

## When to choose
- you frequently open and close SSH tunnels and want a simple CLI to manage them
- you want tunnel definitions in a human-friendly TOML file with SSH config integration
- you need automatic reconnection and keep-alives for long-running tunnels

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI tunnel manager
- you need features beyond SSH port forwarding such as VPN or full mesh networking
- you need a daemon with a web dashboard for managing many tunnels

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, cli, developer-tools
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ssh, ssh-tunnel, port-forwarding, socks5-proxy, toml-config, shell-completions, command-line, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- alebeck/boring (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.931673+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 2026-08-30T03:44:28.506727+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alebeck/boring (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.931673+00:00, sha 1c7bd6f27a98)
  - homepage: https://alebeck.github.io/boring/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:16:35.606631+00:00, sha 938e2b7ad734)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.