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webssh

Security-focused, self-hosted SSH and SFTP workspace for homelabs and teams - multi-user, passkeys, OIDC, encrypted keys, backups, and offline-ready.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: self-hosting on your own server, multi-user support, central authentication (LDAP, SSO…) and Docker deployment.

Services and protocols mentioned: SFTP and SSH.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Security-focused, self-hosted SSH and SFTP workspace for homelabs and teams - multi-user, passkeys, OIDC, encrypted keys, backups, and offline-ready.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Security-focused, self-hosted SSH and SFTP workspace for homelabs and teams - multi-user, passkeys, OIDC, encrypted keys, backups, and offline-ready.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Identity Local accounts, with optional Passkeys, TOTP, OIDC, GitHub App and LDAP / Active Directory.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Deployment Docker, Docker Compose or a source installation.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of webssh is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub bifrost0x/webssh (Apache-2.0)

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