# appleboy/ssh-action

GitHub Actions for executing remote ssh commands.

Repository: https://github.com/appleboy/ssh-action
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ssh-action
Homepage: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ssh-remote-commands
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: github-actions, ssh, ssh-client
Last push: 2026-08-16T12:07:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 56, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2671, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 218, "gap_med": 50.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6178, forks 680 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:37.978349+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub Action for executing remote SSH commands within CI/CD workflows, built with Go and drone-ssh. It supports password and key authentication, multi-host execution, proxy/jump hosts, and environment variable passing.

## Use cases
- run remote ssh commands from a github actions workflow
- deploy to a server via ssh in ci/cd
- execute commands on multiple hosts from github actions
- restart a service on a remote server after a build
- run a deployment script on a vps from ci

## When to choose
- you need to trigger remote shell commands or deployments as part of a GitHub Actions pipeline
- you want multi-host or proxy/jump-host SSH support without writing custom scripts
- you need password, RSA, or ED25519 key authentication in CI

## When to avoid
- you use a CI system other than GitHub Actions
- you need full interactive SSH sessions rather than one-shot command execution
- you prefer managing deployments with a dedicated tool like Ansible or Fabric

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, ci-cd, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cloud
- tags: github-actions, remote-commands, ssh-client, cicd, devops, automation, command-line, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- appleboy/ssh-action (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:37.978349+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 2026-08-29T17:47:25.369815+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/appleboy/ssh-action (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:37.978349+00:00, sha 9ae50c2f5c06)
  - homepage: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ssh-remote-commands (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:00.059810+00:00, sha deb128d7b434)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.