# libfuse/sshfs

A network filesystem client to connect to SSH servers

Repository: https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sshfs
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-08T10:13:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3908, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 96, "gap_med": 199, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7636, forks 546 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.120825+00:00)

## What it is
SSHFS is a FUSE-based network filesystem client that mounts remote directories over SFTP. It requires no server-side setup since most SSH servers enable SFTP by default.

## Use cases
- mount a remote server directory locally over ssh
- edit files on a remote machine with local tools
- access remote home directory as a local folder
- mount folders inside VMs via vsock or directport
- browse remote files without scp or rsync

## When to choose
- you want simple, zero-configuration remote mounting over SSH
- you cannot install anything on the server
- you need ad-hoc access to remote files on Linux or macOS

## When to avoid
- you need high performance for heavy I/O workloads
- you need actively developed software with regular feature work
- you need a cross-platform solution including Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, networking, ssh, cli
- domain: developer-tools, files, self-hosted
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: sftp, fuse, network-filesystem, remote-mount, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- libfuse/sshfs (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.120825+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 2026-08-29T17:36:47.126296+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.120825+00:00, sha 394febb7cfd7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.