# p0dalirius/smbclient-ng

smbclient-ng, a fast and user friendly way to interact with SMB shares.

Repository: https://github.com/p0dalirius/smbclient-ng
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/smbclient-ng
Homepage: https://podalirius.net/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-21T07:16:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 67, longevity 82
- inputs: {"age_days": 1149, "days_push": 43, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 149, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1048, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.494956+00:00)

## What it is
smbclient-ng is a Python command-line tool providing a fast, user-friendly interactive shell for interacting with SMB shares on remote Windows machines. It offers familiar filesystem-like commands (ls, cd, get, put, cat) plus extras like ACL listing and file metadata for both remote and local operations.

## Use cases
- browse and transfer files on SMB shares from the command line
- enumerate Windows file shares during a penetration test
- list ACLs of files and folders on an SMB share
- download files recursively from a remote SMB share
- replace the clunky smbclient interface with a friendlier shell
- inspect file metadata and share info on a remote server

## When to choose
- you need an interactive, intuitive shell for SMB share access
- you are doing Windows/Active Directory security assessments and need to move files over SMB
- you want modern features like pretty-printed file contents and ACL listing that smbclient lacks

## When to avoid
- you need a non-Python, cross-platform binary - the author recommends the newer Go rewrite at TheManticoreProject/smbclient-ng
- you need scripted, non-interactive SMB automation rather than an interactive shell
- you only need simple one-off SMB file copies available in your OS tools

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, file-system, security, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, files, networking
- platform: python, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: smb, smb-client, windows-shares, active-directory, pentesting, file-transfer, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- p0dalirius/smbclient-ng (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.494956+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 2026-08-30T07:00:48.594584+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/p0dalirius/smbclient-ng (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.494956+00:00, sha 082f1198da6a)
  - homepage: https://podalirius.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:02:37.780480+00:00, sha 0a6502170340)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.