sshuttle

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    "OpenSSH port forwarding",
    "WireGuard",
    "OpenVPN"
  ],
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    "vpn",
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  "desc": "Proxy server that works as a poor man\u0027s VPN",
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  "github_last_commit_at": "2026-06-20T22:45:51Z",
  "github_readme_excerpt": "sshuttle: where transparent proxy meets VPN meets ssh\n=====================================================\n\nAs far as I know, sshuttle is the only program that solves the following\ncommon case:\n\n- Your client machine (or router) is Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS or Windows.\n\n- You have access to a remote network via ssh.\n\n- You don\u0027t necessarily have admin access on the remote network.\n\n- The remote network has no VPN, or only stupid/complex VPN\n  protocols (IPsec, PPTP, etc). Or maybe you *are* the\n  admin and you just got frustrated with the awful state of\n  VPN tools.\n\n- You don\u0027t want to create an ssh port forward for every\n  single host/port on the remote network.\n\n- You hate openssh\u0027s port forwarding because it\u0027s randomly\n  slow and/or stupid.\n\n- You can\u0027t use openssh\u0027s PermitTunnel feature because\n  it\u0027s disabled by default on openssh servers; plus it does\n  TCP-over-TCP, which has `terrible performance`_.\n\n.. _terrible performance: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/how-it-works.html\n\nObtaining sshuttle\n------------------\n\nPlease see the documentation_.\n\n.. _Documentation: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html\n\nDocumentation\n-------------\nThe documentation for the stable version is available at:\nhttps://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/\n\nThe documentation for the latest development version is available at:\nhttps://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/en/latest/\n\n\nRunning as a service\n--------------------\nSshuttle can also be run as a service and configured using a config management system:\nhttps://medium.com/@mike.reider/using-sshuttle-as-a-service-bec2684a65fe\n",
  "github_repo": "sshuttle/sshuttle",
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  "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
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  "name": "sshuttle",
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  "one_liner": "Transparent proxy VPN over SSH without remote admin access, written in Python.",
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  "version_head": "HEAD",
  "version_stable": "1.3.2",
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  "why_use_this": "Tunnels traffic to a remote network via SSH without needing VPN protocols, admin rights on the target, or per-host port forwards. Solves the common case of accessing a remote LAN when you have only SSH access. Faster and simpler than SSH port forwarding or traditional VPN setup."
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