Engity's Bifröst
Highly customizable SSH server with several ways to authorize a user and options where and how to execute a user's session.
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Still maintained? Yes: 138 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.7.7 (Sep 2026).
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At a glance
Engity's Bifröst quick facts
- Health score
- 88/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 86
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.7.7, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Bifröst is a configurable SSH server and gateway for teams managing access to hosts and isolated work environments. Flows combine authorization with where a session runs. Users connect with a standard SSH client; OIDC Device Authorization also requires a browser and a suitable identity provider."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Engity's Bifröst scores 88/100, #9 of 15 in Remote Access: 138 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.7.7, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 86 stars add 7.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 12.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
138 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.7.7 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.8 / 20
86 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 138
- Last 90 days
- 298
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 15 tools in Remote Access by health , between FMD Server (#8) and MeshCentral (#10) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.7.7 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 86 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | engity-com/bifroest ↗ |
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Is Engity's Bifröst still maintained?
Engity's Bifröst had 138 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.7.7, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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