xxh/xxh

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6075 stars · 122 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

xxh is a Python-based CLI tool that lets you bring your favorite shell environment (xonsh, fish, zsh, bash, osquery) with you when connecting to remote hosts over SSH. It packages shells and plugins locally and uploads them to the host without requiring root access or system installations.

Use cases

• use my custom shell config on remote servers via ssh
• bring zsh and oh-my-zsh to a host without installing anything
• run xonsh on a remote machine without root access
• portable shell environment for ssh sessions
• keep my aliases and tools when sshing into servers
• hermetic remote shell setup that cleans up completely
• switch between shells on remote hosts

When to choose

• you ssh into many hosts and want your shell setup everywhere
• you lack root or install permissions on remote machines
• you want a fully removable, hermetic remote environment
• you want to switch between xonsh, fish, zsh, or bash per task

When to avoid

• you only ever work on your local machine
• you need a full configuration management or provisioning tool
• the remote host has strict policies against uploading files to home directories

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

ssh cli developer-tools terminal-ui plugin-system developer-tools self-hosted cli python portable-shell remote-shell xonsh zsh fish no-root hermetic-environment command-line devops linux macos

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