sish

HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP tunnels to localhost using only SSH (serveo/ngrok alternative).

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Still maintained? Yes: 29 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.0.0 (Oct 2026).

Docker #2 of 9 in Proxy

At a glance

sish quick facts

Health score: 94/100 GOOD
Stars: 4,805
Last commit: 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release: v4.0.0, Oct 2026
Licence: MIT

View antoniomika/sish on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Open source SSH tunneling for HTTP(S), WS(S), TCP, aliases, and SNI."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

sish scores 94/100, #2 of 9 in Proxy: 29 commits in the last 90 days earn 33.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.0.0, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,805 stars add 14.7 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 5.3 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity 33.8 / 35

29 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 25.0 / 25

v4.0.0 released 3 days ago
Stars biggest shortfall 14.7 / 20

4.8k 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

29
Last 90 days: 42
Last 12 months: 3 days ago
Last push

Ranked #2 of 9 tools in Proxy by health , between imgproxy (#1) and GitProxy (#3) .

Details

Licence	MIT
Platforms	Go, Docker
Latest release	v4.0.0 · 3 days ago
Stars	4,805
Open issues	22
Docker	Yes
Repository	antoniomika/sish ↗

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sish vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with sish (Proxy), scored on the same five terms.

Tool	Health	Stars	Licence	Last commit
imgproxy	96	11k	MIT	4 days ago
sish (this tool)	94	4.8k	MIT	3 days ago
GitProxy	90	262	Apache-2.0	today
g3proxy	77	893	Apache-2.0	5 days ago
Tinyproxy	61	6k	GPL-2.0	1 month ago
socks5-proxy-server	46	145	Apache-2.0	9 days ago

sish: common questions

Is sish still maintained?

sish had 29 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v4.0.0, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.

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