# aluzzardi/wssh

SSH to WebSockets Bridge

Repository: https://github.com/aluzzardi/wssh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wssh
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-02-12T13:08:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5153, "days_push": 2759, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1371, forks 269 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.994694+00:00)

## What it is
wssh is a bridge that terminates SSH connections server-side and exposes the remote shell pty over WebSockets using a thin JSON protocol. It ships as a Python library plus wsshd server and wssh client tools, with Python and JavaScript client libraries and a browser-based terminal interface.

## Use cases
- provide browser-based ssh terminal access from a web app
- embed a remote shell in a web application without exposing ssh credentials
- run shell commands over http/websockets instead of ssh
- build a web terminal backed by ssh servers
- authenticate users via oauth and give them shell access to a sandboxed account

## When to choose
- you want to offer terminal access to users through a web browser
- you need to hide ssh servers and credentials behind your own web application
- you want a minimal protocol to script remote shells from python or javascript

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - the last release was in 2019
- you need full ssh protocol support on the client side
- you need production-grade security auditing for exposing shells over the web

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, ssh, http-server, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: python, browser
- tags: ssh-to-websocket, remote-shell, browser-terminal, pty-bridge, command-line, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- aluzzardi/wssh (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.994694+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 2026-08-30T04:40:49.209234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aluzzardi/wssh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.994694+00:00, sha 4c460e907c47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.