# WangYihang/Platypus

:hammer: A modern, cross-platform machine manager

Repository: https://github.com/WangYihang/Platypus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wangyihang-platypus
Language: Go
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-25T16:44:56+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": 2941, "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 1656, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.038224+00:00)

## What it is
Platypus is a cross-platform reverse-shell and host management hub written in Go. Agents on managed machines dial back to a central server over TLS + protobuf, giving operators interactive shells, file transfer, and network tunneling through a REST/WebSocket API and a Wails desktop client.

## Use cases
- manage reverse shell sessions from multiple hosts in one place
- get an interactive shell on remote machines behind NAT
- set up SOCKS5 and port-forward tunnels through compromised or managed hosts
- upload and download files to remote hosts from a central console
- run commands across a fleet of Linux servers at once
- build automation on top of a C2-style REST API with a Python SDK

## When to choose
- you need a modern, self-hosted reverse shell manager with a desktop GUI and REST API
- you manage many machines across different networks and want one hub with multiple ingress ports
- you need encrypted (TLS) agent channels and chunked file transfer out of the box
- you want Docker Compose one-click deployment with a web UI

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight single-binary reverse shell without a server/client architecture
- you require a built-in web UI in the server itself (the server is API-only; UI ships separately)
- you need a full-featured commercial C2 with advanced evasion or post-exploitation modules
- your use case is legitimate fleet configuration management rather than interactive shell access

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, networking, http-server, websocket, cli, gui
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted, go
- tags: reverse-shell, c2, remote-shell, host-management, port-forwarding, socks5-proxy, red-team, file-transfer, wails-desktop, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- WangYihang/Platypus (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.038224+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 2026-08-30T03:44:48.966073+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WangYihang/Platypus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.038224+00:00, sha daf8045ea59f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.