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Installation

Requirements

  • OS: Windows 10/11 (x64 or ARM64)
  • Zero dependencies: No need to install OpenSSH or any other software

Install

scoop bucket add chuccp https://github.com/chuccp/scoop-bucket
scoop install win-sshpass

Option 2: Download Release

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases:

Architecture Zip MSI Installer
x64 (amd64) win-sshpass-*-amd64.zip win-sshpass-*-amd64.msi
ARM64 win-sshpass-*-arm64.zip win-sshpass-*-arm64.msi
  1. Go to Releases page
  2. Download the zip or MSI for your architecture (x64 or ARM64)
  3. If using MSI: run the installer — it will add the install directory to your system PATH automatically

Option 3: Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/chuccp/win-sshpass.git
cd win-sshpass
go build -o win-sshpass.exe ./cmd/sshpass

Verify Installation

win-sshpass -v
# Output: sshpass version v0.3.2 (Windows)

Dependencies

win-sshpass is a standalone executable with no external runtime dependencies. Go dependencies used during build:

Dependency Purpose
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh SSH protocol implementation
github.com/pkg/sftp SFTP file transfer
github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 CLI progress bar (CLI only)
github.com/ncruces/zenity File dialogs (CLI only)

Next Steps