# pkg/sftp

SFTP support for the go.crypto/ssh package

Repository: https://github.com/pkg/sftp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pkg-sftp
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, sftp
Last push: 2026-07-22T14:40:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4684, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 175.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1662, forks 399 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.610333+00:00)

## What it is
A Go library providing SFTP client and server support on top of go.crypto/ssh. It enables file system operations on remote SSH servers and serving files via the SFTP subsystem.

## Use cases
- transfer files over sftp in go
- implement an sftp server in go
- read and write files on a remote ssh server
- walk remote directories over sftp
- add sftp support to a go application

## When to choose
- you need SFTP client or server functionality in a Go program
- you want an os-package-like API for remote file operations over SSH

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose SSH tooling beyond SFTP
- you are not working in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: file-system, networking, http-server
- domain: files, networking, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: sftp, ssh, file-transfer, go-library

## Member repositories
- pkg/sftp (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.610333+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 2026-08-30T03:44:35.447317+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pkg/sftp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.610333+00:00, sha 5b79ffa2bcaf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.