Alternatives to SSHFS
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. SSHFS itself: install SSHFS.
mcp-remote
Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server
cpprestsdk
The C++ REST SDK is a Microsoft project for cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. This pr
toxiproxy
:alarm_clock: :fire: A TCP proxy to simulate network and system conditions for chaos and resiliency testing
Betwixt
:zap: Web Debugging Proxy based on Chrome DevTools Network panel
ssh-audit
SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc)
tgrep
Trigram-indexed grep with a client/server architecture for fast regex search in large codebases locally
wangle
Wangle is a framework providing a set of common client/server abstractions for building services in a consistent, modular, and composable way
asn
ASN / RPKI validity / BGP stats / IPv4v6 / Prefix / URL / ASPath / Organization / IP reputation / IP geolocation / IP fingerprinting / Network recon /
rtags
A client/server indexer for c/c++/objc[++] with integration for Emacs based on clang
mcptools
A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport
speedbump
TCP proxy for simulating variable, yet predictable network latency :globe_with_meridians::hourglass_flowing_sand:
frps
A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet
traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
cliproxyapi
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, Muse Code, Davin as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to en
github-mcp-server
GitHub's official MCP Server
envoy
Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
rathole
A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok
http-server
A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server
nutcracker
A fast, light-weight proxy for memcached and redis
webhook
webhook is a lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands
proxygen
A collection of C++ HTTP libraries including an easy to use HTTP server
sidekick
Bare metal to production ready in mins; your own fly server on your VPS
haproxy
HAProxy Load Balancer's development branch (mirror of git.haproxy.org)
ios-webkit-debug-proxy
A DevTools proxy (Chrome Remote Debugging Protocol) for iOS devices (Safari Remote Web Inspector)
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than SSHFS — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
SSHFS is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.