assh – make your ssh client smarter

assh is a transparent wrapper for SSH that makes client configuration more powerful and easier to manage.

It extends the standard SSH workflow with support for YAML-based configuration, aliases, regex host matching, gateway chaining, inheritance, variable expansion, JSON output, and Graphviz visualisation, while continuing to work seamlessly with tools such as ssh, scp, rsync, and git.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Supports regex-based host matching.
• Provides aliases for simplified host definitions.
• Enables transparent SSH gateway and connection chaining.
• Uses YAML configuration files.
• Supports includes for splitting configuration across multiple files.
• Provides templates and inheritance for reusable host definitions.
• Supports variable expansion from the environment.
• Offers smart ProxyCommand handling with fallback support.
• Provides JSON output for scripting and integration.
• Can generate Graphviz representations of hosts.
• Works seamlessly with ssh, scp, rsync, git, and desktop applications using libssh.

Website: github.com/moul/assh
Support:
Developer: Manfred Touron
License: MIT License.

assh is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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