net-ssh/net-ssh

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1022 stars · 477 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Net::SSH is a pure-Ruby implementation of the SSH2 client protocol, packaged as a Ruby gem. It lets Ruby programs open SSH connections to remote servers, execute commands, run multiple processes in parallel over one connection, and forward local/remote ports.

Use cases

• run commands on remote servers from ruby
• ssh client library for ruby
• execute remote processes over ssh in parallel
• port forwarding in a ruby script
• automate server tasks via ssh without shelling out to openssh
• connect to servers with ssh2 from pure ruby

When to choose

• you need programmatic SSH from Ruby without external ssh binaries
• you need multiple channels or port forwarding over a single SSH connection
• you want a pure-Ruby, MIT-licensed SSH2 client with modern algorithms like ed25519 and curve25519

When to avoid

• you need an SSH server implementation rather than a client
• you just need to run ssh commands from a shell - the openssh CLI is simpler
• you need non-Ruby language support

Facets

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ssh http-client security cryptography developer-tools networking security ruby cross-platform ssh-client ssh2 pure-ruby remote-execution port-forwarding gem automation

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