# davrodpin/mole

CLI application to create ssh tunnels focused on resiliency and user experience.

Repository: https://github.com/davrodpin/mole
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/davrodpin-mole
Homepage: https://davrodpin.github.io/mole/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ssh, tunnel, port-forwarding, port-forward, forwarding, golang, ssh-tunnels, ssh-tunnel, cli, port-forwards, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2024-05-13T11:00:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2891, "days_push": 842, "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 1725, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.133894+00:00)

## What it is
Mole is a Go-based CLI application for creating SSH tunnels with a focus on resiliency and user experience. It supports automatic port selection, multiple tunnels over a single SSH connection, aliases, SSH config file integration, keep-alives, and auto-reconnection.

## Use cases
- create an ssh tunnel to a remote database port
- access a service behind a firewall
- access a service listening on a non-routable network
- expose a local service to someone outside my network
- keep an ssh tunnel alive with auto-reconnect
- run multiple port forwards over one ssh connection
- save tunnel settings under an alias for reuse

## When to choose
- you need resilient, self-healing ssh tunnels from the command line
- you want simple port forwarding without remembering ssh flags
- you want to reuse ssh config file settings for tunnels

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI tunnel manager
- you need a full VPN solution rather than per-port forwarding
- you need tunnels managed as a long-running daemon service with orchestration

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: ssh, networking, cli, proxy
- domain: networking, developer-tools, security
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: ssh-tunnel, port-forwarding, go, resiliency, auto-reconnect, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- davrodpin/mole (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.133894+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 2026-08-30T03:32:35.146627+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davrodpin/mole (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.133894+00:00, sha 56fc6aada459)
  - homepage: https://davrodpin.github.io/mole/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:09:08.671545+00:00, sha be36429c2700)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.