# sysdream/ligolo

Reverse Tunneling made easy for pentesters, by pentesters https://sysdream.com/

Repository: https://github.com/sysdream/ligolo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ligolo
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-01-06T19:49:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2294, "days_push": 1335, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1788, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:36.415357+00:00)

## What it is
Ligolo is a lightweight Go tool for establishing SOCKS5 or TCP tunnels over reverse TLS connections, aimed at penetration testers pivoting into internal networks. It consists of a relay server (localrelay) run on the attacker's machine and an agent run on the compromised target.

## Use cases
- pivot into an internal network after compromising a server during a pentest
- establish a SOCKS5 proxy through a reverse connection
- relay RDP or other TCP connections through a compromised host
- tunnel traffic out of a LAN without SSH or Meterpreter
- set up encrypted reverse tunnels with TLS certificates

## When to choose
- you need a stable, fast alternative to Meterpreter autoroute/Socks4a for pivoting
- you want a simple single-binary reverse tunnel with TLS encryption
- you are doing external or internal network penetration testing

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose VPN or full network-layer tunneling solution
- you require ongoing feature development, as the project has seen no releases since early 2023
- you need a GUI or non-command-line workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, proxy, security, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: reverse-tunnel, socks5, pentesting, pivoting, tls, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sysdream/ligolo (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:36.415357+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 2026-08-30T03:23:27.605895+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sysdream/ligolo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:36.415357+00:00, sha b183519b89f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.