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ssh-agents

Spawn and maintain multiple ssh-agents across terminals

MIT github.com ssh-agents 1 release newest changed 13 days ago

version1.0.1 attributessh-agents rev

aarch64-darwin 34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77 2026-09-24

aarch64-linux 34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77 2026-09-24

x86_64-darwin 3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d 2026-06-27

x86_64-linux 34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77 2026-09-24

systems✓ aarch64-darwin✓ aarch64-linux✓ x86_64-darwin✓ x86_64-linux

$ devbox add ssh-agents@1.0.1

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77#ssh-agents  # aarch64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77#ssh-agents  # aarch64-linux

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d#ssh-agents  # x86_64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/34ca302a9572963c02e385c056be37c85ff51b77#ssh-agents  # x86_64-linux

JSON: /v2/resolve?name=ssh-agents&version=latest

Releases

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Version	arm mac	arm linux	x86 mac	x86 linux	Attribute	Commit	Date	Outputs
1.0.1resolved	✓	✓	✓	✓	`ssh-agents`	varies	2026-09-13

Prereleases are listed but latest never picks one. “varies” means each system last changed at a different nixpkgs commit — the release page lists them.

Description

The SSH agent is usually spawned by running eval $(ssh-agent), however this spawns a new SSH agent at every invocation. This project provides an ssh-agent wrapper called ssh-agents that is capable of spawning an SSH agent and caching the environment variables for later invocation. Features - One SSH agent across all terminals - Add all un-encrypted SSH keys to the agent upon spawning. Please note that encrypted SSH keys can only be added via ssh-add after having started the agent. - Ability to have different keys in different agents for security purposes. - Multiple SSH agents - To use multi-SSH agents, start ssh agent with the --name flag. The given name is expected to be a folder under ~/.ssh/name containing the keys to include in the agent.