Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    3.1k

    Sshwifty: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    Sshwifty is a SSH and Telnet connector made for the Web.

    TL;DR • Sshwifty • as of August 2026

    Sshwifty is an open-source remote access project, with 3.1k GitHub stars and a health score of 53/100. It committed 48 times in the last twelve months across 7 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: AGPL-3.0. It does not currently meet the momentum threshold, so verify maintenance before depending on it.

    3.1k
    GitHub stars
    53/100
    Health score
    48
    Commits (12 mo)
    7/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-07-08
    Days since last commit 40
    Commits, last 3 months 3
    Commits, last 12 months 48
    Months with activity 7 of 12
    Last release 2026-07-08
    Archived No
    Licence AGPL-3.0
    Category Remote Access

    Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.

    What the licence lets you do

    AGPL-3.0

    Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.

    What Sshwifty means for your idea

    Sshwifty is not currently shipping at a healthy pace. Popular but stalled projects inflate how competitive a category looks — and they are also risky to build on.

    The clearest opening in the dataset. Low open-source competition usually means either a genuinely underserved need or a market too small to attract volunteers — validate demand before assuming the former.

    Sshwifty: common questions

    Is Sshwifty still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. Sshwifty recorded 48 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 7 of those months and 3 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-07-08. Last release: 2026-07-08. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use Sshwifty commercially?

    Sshwifty is published under AGPL-3.0. Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    How crowded is the Remote Access category?

    10 open-source implementations, 6 of them actively maintained, led by Termix at 15k stars. Saturation score 34/100 — Open. Thin or poorly maintained open-source coverage.

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