Secure Shell¶

Legacy Wiki Page

This page was migrated from the old MoinMoin-based wiki. Information may be outdated or no longer applicable. For current documentation, see python.org.

There are several ways to use Secure Shell (SSH) in Python.

paramiko¶

Paramiko is a native Python implementation of SSH.

Paramiko website – project home page
https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko
http://jessenoller.com/2009/02/05/ssh-programming-with-paramiko-completely-different/ – Article by Jesse Noller

pyssh¶

pyssh website – project home page
pyssh mailing list – not very active (2006-03-26)

conch¶

conch is another native implementation of SSH and part of the Twisted Matrix project

http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/conch – conch home

Fabric¶

Fabric uses paramiko to implement a higher-level API for performing commands over SSH, particularly for deployment and system administration tasks.

http://fabfile.org

Spur¶

Spur is a thin wrapper around paramiko, aiming to provide a simpler API than paramiko for common SSH operations.

https://github.com/mwilliamson/spur.py

SSH wrapper¶

Some tools just wrap around existing ssh/sftp implementations.

keyphrene SSH wrapper, UNIX, Windows & MacOS
PySCP pscp wrapper – wraps Windows pscp, which is part of the Putty suite

Discussion¶

I’m investigating the use of SSH in Python.

I want something that will work in both Windows and Linux, that can operate like sftp/psftp. So, I’m thinking about paramiko, since it’s pure Python.

– LionKimbro 2006-03-26 00:20:01

You can use org.keyphrene. This library has been tested on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

– Vincent 2006-04-06 18:02:01

GeezerVison