gravitational

    gravitational/teleport

    The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

    21.1K stars
    2.2K forks
    235 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 121 days ago, with 324 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #40 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 15, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides secure access, authentication, and audit for infrastructure including SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and internal web apps using certificate-based authentication.
    • Eliminates shared secrets by using short-lived certificates and integrates unified RBAC with session recording and SSO support for comprehensive infrastructure security.
    • Use for securing SSH and Kubernetes cluster access with centralized identity and access management in hybrid cloud environments.
    • Use for auditing and session recording of database and internal web app access to meet compliance and troubleshooting needs.
    • Use for establishing secure tunnels to access resources behind firewalls or NATs without exposing infrastructure directly to the internet.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    AGPL 3.0

    Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    • AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.

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    From the README

    Teleport provides connectivity, authentication, access controls and audit for infrastructure.

    [1] The open source version supports only GitHub SSO.

    Teleport works with SSH, Kubernetes, databases, RDP, and web services.

    Teleport includes an identity-aware access proxy, a CA that issues short-lived certificates, a unified access control system and a tunneling system to access resources behind the firewall.

    We have implemented Teleport as a single Go binary that integrates with multiple protocols and cloud services:

    You can set up Teleport as a Linux daemon or a Kubernetes deployment.

    Teleport focuses on best practices for infrastructure security:

    Teleport uses Go crypto. It is fully compatible with OpenSSH, sshd servers, and ssh clients, Kubernetes clusters and more.

    Excerpt from the gravitational/teleport README on GitHub (AGPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    2.2K+47

    Open issues

    3.2K-251

    Compared with peers in Kubernetes

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

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    gravitational/teleport21.1K—58121 days ago
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