libssh

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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 had 6,562 commits made by 213 contributors
representing 122,858 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with increasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 31 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 2005
ending with its most recent commit 8 days ago

Quick Reference

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Managers:

Andreas Schneider and Aris Adamantiadis

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