SSH

SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure remote login, command execution, and file transfer between computers over unsecured networks. It provides strong encryption, authentication, and data integrity, replacing insecure protocols like Telnet and rlogin. SSH is a fundamental tool for system administration, DevOps, and secure infrastructure access. Multiple vendors provide SSH client libraries, server implementations, and management APIs.

SSH publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authorized Keys API, Certificates API, Host Keys API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include SSH, Secure Shell, Remote Access, Cryptography, and Network Security.

The SSH catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SSH’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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34.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

SSHSecure ShellRemote Access Cryptography Network Security System Administration

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 34.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ssh Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONLDContext

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ssh
name: SSH
description: SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure remote login, command execution, and file transfer
  between computers over unsecured networks. It provides strong encryption, authentication, and data integrity, replacing
  insecure protocols like Telnet and rlogin. SSH is a fundamental tool for system administration, DevOps, and secure infrastructure
  access. Multiple vendors provide SSH client libraries, server implementations, and management APIs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ssh.png
tags:
- SSH
- Secure Shell
- Remote Access
- Cryptography
- Network Security
- System Administration
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: ssh:teleport-api
  name: Teleport Access Management API
  description: Teleport is a modern SSH infrastructure access platform providing certificate-based authentication, session
    recording, audit logging, and role-based access control for SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and web applications. Teleport's
    API enables programmatic management of users, roles, certificates, and access policies.
  humanURL: https://goteleport.com/
  baseURL: https://teleport.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - SSH
  - Access Management
  - Certificate Authority
  - Zero Trust
  - Privileged Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://goteleport.com/docs/
- aid: ssh:ssh-authorized-keys-api
  name: SSH Authorized Keys API
  description: Authorized keys management for users
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openssh.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Authorized Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ssh-authorized-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
- aid: ssh:ssh-certificates-api
  name: SSH Certificates API
  description: SSH certificate authority and certificate signing
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openssh.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Certificates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ssh-certificates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
- aid: ssh:ssh-host-keys-api
  name: SSH Host Keys API
  description: SSH server host key management
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openssh.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Host Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ssh-host-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
- aid: ssh:ssh-keys-api
  name: SSH Keys API
  description: SSH key pair management
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openssh.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ssh-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
- aid: ssh:ssh-known-hosts-api
  name: SSH Known Hosts API
  description: Known hosts verification and management
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openssh.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Known Hosts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ssh-known-hosts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ssh-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ssh-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ssh-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.openssh.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/openssh
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/openapi/ssh-key-management-openapi.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ssh-key-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/json-structure/ssh-key-structure.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/json-ld/ssh-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/rules/ssh-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssh/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/ssh-vocabulary.yml
- url: https://ssh.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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