# WassimBenzarti/colab-ssh

Connect to Google Colab using SSH

Repository: https://github.com/WassimBenzarti/colab-ssh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/colab-ssh
Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/colab-ssh/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-colab, ssh-tunnel, vscode, ssh-server, ssh, vscode-remote
Last push: 2024-11-08T11:51:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2377, "days_push": 663, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1079, forks 130 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.248920+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight Python library that sets up an SSH tunnel to a remote Jupyter notebook environment like Google Colab, optionally integrating with VSCode Remote and Git/Gitlab cloning. It is launched from a notebook cell to expose the instance over SSH via cloudflared.

## Use cases
- connect to google colab via ssh
- open colab notebook in vscode
- ssh tunnel into a cloud jupyter notebook
- clone a github repo into colab from terminal
- use local ide tools with a remote notebook

## When to choose
- you want to edit and run Colab code from VSCode or a local terminal
- you need SSH access to a hosted Jupyter notebook environment
- you want to clone a Git repository directly into the remote notebook

## When to avoid
- Google Colab now prohibits SSH usage, so this may violate Colab's terms or risk account restrictions
- you need support for Kaggle or Deepnote, which is not yet available
- you need an actively developed solution - the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ssh, developer-tools, networking
- domain: developer-tools, data-science, cloud-computing
- platform: python, cloud, cli
- tags: google-colab, ssh-tunnel, vscode-remote, jupyter-notebook, cloudflared

## Member repositories
- WassimBenzarti/colab-ssh (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.248920+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 2026-08-30T06:53:02.449787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WassimBenzarti/colab-ssh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.248920+00:00, sha 4644e3b45f12)
  - homepage: https://pypi.org/project/colab-ssh/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:37.300625+00:00, sha 4b4e8fead74a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.