# ContainerSSH/ContainerSSH

ContainerSSH: Launch containers on demand

Repository: https://github.com/ContainerSSH/ContainerSSH
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/containerssh
Homepage: https://containerssh.io/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, ssh, containers, kubernetes, security-tools, devsecops, security
Last push: 2026-08-21T18:53:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 44, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2282, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 163, "gap_med": 427, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3073, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.674075+00:00)

## What it is
ContainerSSH is an SSH server written in Go that launches on-demand containers in Docker or Kubernetes for each connecting user. It supports webhook-based authentication and authorization, audit logging with S3 upload, and automatic cleanup of ephemeral environments on disconnect.

## Use cases
- give developers ephemeral SSH environments in containers
- build disposable lab environments for students or vendors
- run an SSH honeypot to capture attacker behavior
- provide audited production debugging access with logged changes
- authenticate SSH users via a custom webhook server
- automatically clean up containers when users disconnect

## When to choose
- you need per-user, on-demand containerized SSH environments
- you want webhook-driven authentication and authorization for SSH
- you need full session audit logging for compliance or honeypots
- you want ephemeral environments with automatic cleanup on logout

## When to avoid
- you just need a plain traditional SSH server on a host
- you don't run Docker or Kubernetes
- you need long-lived persistent shell sessions with persistent state
- you need a simple bastion jump host without container orchestration

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, auth, authorization, logging, security, container-runtime, webhook
- domain: security, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: ssh-server, ephemeral-containers, honeypot, audit-logging, kubernetes, docker, devsecops, on-demand-environments, containers, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- ContainerSSH/ContainerSSH (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.674075+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 2026-08-30T07:27:56.542487+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ContainerSSH/ContainerSSH (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.674075+00:00, sha 1ea41fa74940)
  - homepage: https://containerssh.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:11.512245+00:00, sha 76295ca24317)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.