Project Summary
This project is for programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).
In a Nutshell, libssh...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 36 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 2005
ending with its most recent commit 13 days ago
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Include License
Include Install Instructions
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Project Security
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for libssh )
Repository URL: https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git
Version:
- 2026-07-20
- Last Analyzed
- 127,906
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.02
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 234
- Total defects
- 2
- Outstanding
- 221
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 1 |