Mole by davrodpin

CLI application to create ssh tunnels focused on resiliency and user experience.

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Verdict 65/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 4.6 years ago

Self-host Mole on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
65 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.7k
96 forks

About Mole

From the project's README at github.com/davrodpin/mole. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Mole is a cli application to create ssh tunnels focused on resiliency and user experience.

For more information about installation, usage, examples and specific use cases, please visit https://davrodpin.github.io/mole/ How to build from source

Go 1.17.1+ is required to be installed on your system to build this project. How to run tests How to generate a code coverage report How to run static analysis

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
76
maturity
78
community
79
security
70
sustainability
65
adoption
27

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.7k github.com/davrodpin/mole
GitHub forks 96 github.com/davrodpin/mole

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age7.6 yearssince Oct 2018
Last commit2.0 years agoMay 13, 2024
Releases shipped9last: 4.6 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Mole?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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