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steelbrain/node-ssh

SSH2 with Promises observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/steelbrain/node-ssh · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

63/100

  • Activity 89
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4271
  • days_rel: 532
  • days_push: 66
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1005 stars · 94 forks observed · 2026-09-03

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

A lightweight Promise-based wrapper around the ssh2 library for Node.js, providing a modern async API for SSH connections. It supports command execution and file/directory transfers via SFTP.

Use cases

  • run remote commands over ssh from node.js
  • upload files to a server via sftp
  • download files from a remote host
  • recursively transfer directories over ssh
  • automate deployment tasks over ssh
  • execute commands with stdout/stderr streaming

When to choose

  • you want a clean promise-based SSH API in Node.js instead of callback-based ssh2
  • you need simple file or directory upload/download over SFTP
  • you're scripting remote server automation or deployment in JavaScript

When to avoid

  • you need low-level control over SSH channels and streams that raw ssh2 exposes
  • you're not using Node.js
  • you need SSH features like port forwarding or tunneling not covered by the wrapper

Facets

library · maturity active

ssh file-system developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform ssh2 sftp promise-wrapper remote-execution file-transfer command-line automation devops nodejs

3 sources

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