Wish Ssh Application Framework

---
name: "Wish SSH Application Framework by Charmbracelet"
slug: "wish-ssh-application-framework"
description: "Wish is a Go library for building SSH-accessible applications with sensible defaults and composable middleware. It lets developers serve Bubble Tea TUIs, Git repos, and custom protocols over SSH without touching openssh-server."
github_stars: 5110
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/charmbracelet/wish"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "charmbracelet/wish"
  github_stars: 5110
---

# Wish SSH Application Framework by Charmbracelet

Wish is a Go library for building SSH-accessible applications with sensible defaults and composable middleware. It lets developers serve Bubble Tea TUIs, Git repos, and custom protocols over SSH without touching openssh-server.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Make SSH apps, just like that! 💫

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- This middleware requires that git is installed on the server.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- If you want to run a Wish app with systemd, you can create an unit like so:
- You can tune the values below, and once you're happy with them, you can run:
- # need to run this every time you change the unit file

- Source: https://github.com/charmbracelet/wish
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charmbracelet/wish/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/wish-ssh-application-framework/)