pahaz/sshtunnel
SSH tunnels to remote server. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
40/100
- Activity 39
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4466
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 371
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1295 stars · 202 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A pure Python library for creating SSH tunnels and TCP port forwarding through remote servers, built on paramiko. It lets applications programmatically open forwarded ports to services behind firewalls or on private networks.
Use cases
- connect to a database port only reachable via SSH
- forward a remote web service port through an SSH server
- reach a private server behind a firewall from a local client
- open SSH tunnels programmatically in Python tests
- create SSH port forwards on Windows without OpenSSH
When to choose
- you need SSH tunneling from Python code without external ssh binaries
- you need cross-platform support including Windows
- you want a simple context-manager API for opening and closing tunnels
When to avoid
- you just need a one-off tunnel from the command line (use OpenSSH's -L flag)
- you need high-throughput or production-grade tunneling performance
- you need SOCKS proxying rather than port forwarding
Facets
library · maturity stable
networking security proxy networking security developer-tools backend python cross-platform ssh-tunnel port-forwarding paramiko tcp-forwarding
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pahaz/sshtunnel · fetched 2026-08-28 · 93d2b1171aae
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/sshtunnel/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · f09f8ac82112
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pahaz/sshtunnel | main | 40 |
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