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Welcome to Paramiko!
====================
Paramiko is a pure-Python [#]_ (2.7, 3.4+) implementation of the SSHv2 protocol
[#]_, providing both client and server functionality. It provides the
foundation for the high-level SSH library `Fabric <https://fabfile.org>`_,
which is what we recommend you use for common client use-cases such as running
remote shell commands or transferring files.
Direct use of Paramiko itself is only intended for users who need
advanced/low-level primitives or want to run an in-Python sshd.
For installation information, changelogs, FAQs and similar, please visit `our
main project website <https://paramiko.org>`_; for API details, see `the
versioned docs <https://docs.paramiko.org>`_. Additionally, the project
maintainer keeps a `roadmap <http://bitprophet.org/projects#roadmap>`_ on his
personal site.
.. [#]
Paramiko relies on `cryptography <https://cryptography.io>`_ for crypto
functionality, which makes use of C and Rust extensions but has many
precompiled options available. See `our installation page
<https://www.paramiko.org/installing.html>`_ for details.
.. [#]
SSH is defined in :rfc:`4251`, :rfc:`4252`, :rfc:`4253` and :rfc:`4254`. The
primary working implementation of the protocol is the `OpenSSH project
<http://openssh.org>`_. Paramiko implements a large portion of the SSH
feature set, but there are occasional gaps.
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