# ph4ntonn/Stowaway

👻Stowaway -- Multi-hop Proxy Tool for pentesters

Repository: https://github.com/ph4ntonn/Stowaway
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stowaway
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, ssh, tunnel, ecc, pentesting, security-tools, encrypt, stowaway, socks5, security, pentest-tool, redteam, ctf, multi-hop, port-forward
Last push: 2026-03-03T07:23:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2483, "days_push": 183, "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 3411, forks 441 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.418745+00:00)

## What it is
Stowaway is a multi-hop proxy tool written in Go, designed for penetration testers to route external traffic through chains of nodes into restricted internal networks. It builds a tree of admin/agent nodes with encrypted communication, SOCKS5 proxying, port forwarding, remote shells, and file transfer.

## Use cases
- proxy traffic through multiple compromised hosts into an internal network
- set up a multi-level SOCKS5 proxy chain during a pentest
- forward local and remote ports across a node chain
- get a remote shell on an agent behind a firewall
- tunnel node-to-node traffic over SSH or through SOCKS5/HTTP proxies
- transfer files to and from machines inside a segmented network
- reuse an existing open port to covertly accept agent connections

## When to choose
- you need multi-hop pivoting with a tree of nodes during an authorized red-team engagement
- you want encrypted (TLS/AES-256-GCM) node-to-node traffic with forward and reverse connections
- you need cross-platform agents including MIPS/ARM embedded devices
- you want an interactive admin console with node tree management, shell, and file upload/download

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose VPN or full network-layer tunnel rather than proxy-style pivoting
- your use case is not an authorized security assessment - unauthorized use is illegal
- you need a GUI-managed enterprise proxy solution
- you only need simple single-hop port forwarding, where ssh -L or socat suffices

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, security, cryptography, ssh
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: multi-hop-proxy, socks5, port-forwarding, red-team, tunneling, pentesting, reverse-connection, traffic-encryption, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ph4ntonn/Stowaway (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.418745+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 2026-08-29T18:38:31.360202+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ph4ntonn/Stowaway (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.418745+00:00, sha 15757cde74af)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.