pwnesia/ssb
Secure Shell Bruteforcer — A faster & simpler way to bruteforce SSH server observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2098
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1720
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1335 stars · 105 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
SSB (Secure Shell Bruteforcer) is a fast, concurrent SSH password brute-forcing tool written in Go. It attempts to authenticate against an SSH server using passwords from a wordlist, with configurable concurrency, timeout, and retries.
Use cases
- bruteforce ssh server passwords
- test weak ssh credentials during pentest
- audit ssh server for default passwords
- crack ssh login with wordlist
- find valid ssh password for a host
When to choose
- you need a fast, concurrent SSH brute-forcer with a simple CLI
- you want a lightweight Go binary without heavy dependencies
- you need configurable concurrency, timeout, and output of found credentials
When to avoid
- you need protocol support beyond SSH
- you want a maintained tool with recent updates (last release 2021)
- you need stealth features like rate-limit evasion or proxy support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
security penetration-testing cli security penetration-testing windows cli go ssh-bruteforce password-cracking wordlist concurrent-connections offensive-security command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/pwnesia/ssb · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2a5bba6d7370
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pwnesia/ssb | main | 23 |
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