# moul/sshportal

:tophat: simple, fun and transparent SSH (and telnet) bastion server

Repository: https://github.com/moul/sshportal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sshportal
Homepage: https://manfred.life/sshportal
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ssh, ssh-server, bastion, devops, security, fun
Last push: 2026-08-25T17:39:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3229, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1940, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.365979+00:00)

## What it is
sshportal is a transparent SSH bastion (jump host) server written in Go that manages users, hosts, and access control without requiring a traditional jump step. It provides an interactive admin shell, user invite system, and supports connecting to servers that don't support SSH keys.

## Use cases
- set up a transparent ssh bastion for my team
- manage ssh access to servers without distributing keys
- centralize ssh host credentials and user access levels
- invite teammates to access servers via ssh
- connect to legacy servers that don't support ssh keys
- audit and control who can ssh into which hosts

## When to choose
- you need a simple, self-hosted SSH bastion with minimal setup
- you want centralized SSH user/host management with role-based access
- your team needs transparent jump-host access without changing client workflows

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise features like session recording or advanced auditing
- you require high-availability clustering out of the box
- you prefer a GUI-managed bastion solution

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, security, auth, cli, self-hosted
- domain: security, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted, networking
- platform: windows, go, cli, self-hosted
- tags: ssh-bastion, jump-host, transparent-proxy, ssh-server, access-management, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- moul/sshportal (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.365979+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 2026-08-30T03:08:09.891266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/moul/sshportal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.365979+00:00, sha ac6e8b2ff73c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.