erickochen/purple
Free, open-source terminal SSH manager and SSH config editor in Rust for macOS and Linux that keeps ~/.ssh/config in sync with 18 cloud providers, monitors live SSH tunnels and manages Docker and Podman containers fleet-wide. Plus scp, Vault SSH certs and an MCP server for AI agents.
Health Breakdown
Should you contribute to erickochen/purple?
erickochen/purple has a FoundDev health score of 88/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.
Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in Rust, so prior Rust experience will shorten ramp-up.
Licensed under MIT, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.
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