# charmbracelet/wish

Make SSH apps, just like that! 💫

Repository: https://github.com/charmbracelet/wish
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wish
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest, ssh
Last push: 2026-08-12T21:02:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2450, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 51.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5470, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:19.613055+00:00)

## What it is
Wish is a Go library for building custom SSH applications, built on gliderlabs/ssh with sensible defaults and a middleware system analogous to HTTP frameworks. It supports serving Bubble Tea TUIs, Git, and other protocols directly over SSH connections.

## Use cases
- serve a terminal UI app over ssh
- build a custom ssh server in go
- host a git server over ssh
- add ssh access to an existing go application
- authenticate users with ssh keys
- build a chat app accessible from the terminal

## When to choose
- you want to build remotely accessible terminal apps without managing HTTPS certificates
- you want SSH key-based user identification out of the box
- you want to serve Bubble Tea TUIs to remote users

## When to avoid
- you just need standard remote shell access to a server - use openssh-server
- you are building a web app for browsers rather than terminal clients
- your project is not written in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, middleware, http-server, terminal-ui, auth
- domain: developer-tools, networking, security
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: ssh-server, bubbletea, tui-over-ssh, charmbracelet, git-over-ssh, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- charmbracelet/wish (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.613055+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 2026-08-29T17:56:44.290382+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/charmbracelet/wish (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.613055+00:00, sha b69901f3cb2a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.