# ivanilves/xiringuito

SSH-based "VPN for poors"

Repository: https://github.com/ivanilves/xiringuito
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xiringuito
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vpn, ssh, bastion-host, security, network, access, aws
Last push: 2021-12-29T07:26:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3497, "days_push": 1708, "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 1160, forks 46 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.065025+00:00)

## What it is
Xiringuito is a shell-script-based SSH tunneling tool that provides VPN-like access to remote networks without running a VPN server. It uses built-in SSH capabilities to route traffic to specified subnets through an SSH bastion host.

## Use cases
- access private AWS VPC subnets through a bastion host without a VPN server
- connect to remote office networks over SSH from a laptop
- run multiple simultaneous tunnels to non-overlapping networks
- automatically discover routes to cloud subnets via AWS CLI
- quickly give a developer access to internal services with zero VPN setup

## When to choose
- you need lightweight VPN-like access using only SSH and no VPN infrastructure
- you have sudo on both local and remote machines and want zero-configuration networking
- you want per-host or per-cloud route discovery instead of a full VPN client

## When to avoid
- you need full-tunnel VPN with all traffic routed
- you require Windows support or high-performance encrypted transport
- you cannot obtain sudo privileges on the remote SSH server

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: vpn, networking, ssh, security
- domain: networking, security, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: ssh-tunnel, bastion-host, vpn-alternative, shell-script, aws, route-discovery, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ivanilves/xiringuito (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.065025+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 2026-08-30T06:31:48.473617+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ivanilves/xiringuito (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.065025+00:00, sha 7cd99cfbdbab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.