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SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for node.js

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 2 stories, 6 comments · first 2012-11-12 · latest 2026-04-01

Mentions per year 8 mentions · busiest year 2012 (3)
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    Show HN: Docs over SSH for Agents
    story by gregnr · 2026-04-01 · 0 comments
  2. …(including certificate logins, SFTP, exec and working fine with curses-like applications). [0] https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2
    comment by tastroder · 2019-09-02 · in Building Interactive SSH Applications
  3. …the browser, and just using the Shellvault server as a dumb proxy. Step 1: javascript ssh client - https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2 Step 2: websocket tcp proxy - https://github.com/novnc/websockify Step 3: javascript terminal emulator -…
    comment by jstanley · 2019-01-10 · in Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from any browser
  4. Great job ! I could not resist to think & share https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2 < SSH2 client/server implementation in nodejs (natural async flow) > piece of art
    comment by 131hn · 2016-01-23 · in Asyncssh – Python Asyncio Client/Server Implementation of SSHv2 Protocol
  5. …these things because I'd like to try it again. [1]: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode [2]: https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2
    comment by geocar · 2015-11-24 · in Weblog.sh – hosted blogging from the command-line
  6. …[1]) with the ssh2 module [2] for most deployment tasks. [1] https://gist.github.com/4281277 [2] https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2
    comment by mscdex · 2012-12-29 · in Aspects of Building a Node.js Application
  7. There's several things left to do: https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/TODO But I wouldn't be so negative, there's plenty of reasons why this might be great / a good idea. (And a lot for it to be a bad one, crypto, security, etc.)
    comment by pixdamix · 2012-11-12 · in SSH2 client written in pure JavaScript for node.js
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    SSH2 client written in pure JavaScript for node.js
    story by coenhyde · 2012-11-12 · 18 comments