# osxfuse/sshfs

File system based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol

Repository: https://github.com/osxfuse/sshfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/osxfuse-sshfs
Homepage: http://fuse.sourceforge.net
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-09-06T23:19:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5339, "days_push": 1457, "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 1205, forks 125 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.196346+00:00)

## What it is
SSHFS is a FUSE-based filesystem client that mounts remote directories over the SSH File Transfer Protocol. It requires no server-side setup since most SSH servers already support SFTP, and supports multithreading, directory caching, and automatic reconnection.

## Use cases
- mount a remote server directory as a local filesystem over ssh
- edit files on a remote host with local tools
- access remote files without setting up nfs or samba
- mount ssh-accessible storage into a vm or container
- browse a remote home directory from the file manager

## When to avoid
- you need high-performance or low-latency file access over slow or unreliable links
- you require a permanent, cluster-wide shared filesystem like NFS
- you are on Windows without a FUSE compatibility layer

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, networking, cli
- domain: files, networking, operating-systems
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: sshfs, fuse, sftp, ssh, remote-mount, filesystem-client, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- osxfuse/sshfs (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.196346+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 2026-08-30T06:19:36.576034+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/osxfuse/sshfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.196346+00:00, sha 505bbfd6d519)
  - homepage: http://fuse.sourceforge.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:12.215023+00:00, sha e8debefd97d3)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about/leadership (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:12.228279+00:00, sha bfffa8fdd816)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:12.224420+00:00, sha 47a5f3730d75)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Docs%20Home (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:12.226609+00:00, sha 3cca19403dfa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.