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Shortspan
Access Everything. Store Nothing. One CLI for everything.
Shortspan gives developers one CLI for accessing infrastructure and its operations. You can use it to connect to SSH servers, databases, and other infrastructure through simple commands instead of remembering credentials, hosts, tunnels, and connection steps entirely. All you have to do is configure everything once and get back to work and use it forever.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Faizan, the dev behind Shortspan.
I built Shortspan because access kept turning into the same repetitive workflow I do daily:
SSH into a server → figure out the database connection → set up a tunnel → enter credentials → and finally get to work.
I wanted a simpler interface I for these workflows i do, so i started building Shortspan around one main idea:
My infrastructures should be accessible without making me remember how everything is connected and all the credentials saved around differences sources like chat, notes, some credential manager i used a year ago or juggling around my pc and laptop, or my office setup and home setup.
With Shortspan, you can do things like:
- shortspan ssh production
- shortspan db production
Instead of manually managing all the hosts, ports, tunnels, credentials, and connection steps every time i have to do something.
Shortspan is currently focused on:
-> SSH access
-> Database access (with Tunneling)
-> SSH tunneling / bastions
-> Infrastructure management
-> AWS
-> Kubernetes
-> Runbooks
-> Access permissions
The CLI is the main use interface which does everything. The web dashboard is where you can configure and manage your infrastructure.
I'm launching here because I want feedback from developers who actually deal with this every day.
If youre to use it, what would you want Shortspan to handle for you?
And if you try it, I'd genuinely love to hear what felt useful, confusing, or unnecessary. Open to all feedbacks <3
Thanks for checking it out 🙌
About Shortspan on Product Hunt
“Access Everything. Store Nothing. One CLI for everything. ”
Shortspan was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #68 on the daily leaderboard. Shortspan gives developers one CLI for accessing infrastructure and its operations. You can use it to connect to SSH servers, databases, and other infrastructure through simple commands instead of remembering credentials, hosts, tunnels, and connection steps entirely. All you have to do is configure everything once and get back to work and use it forever.
On the analytics side, Shortspan competes within Productivity, SaaS and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Shortspan performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Shortspan?
Shortspan was hunted by M Faizan Tahir. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Shortspan including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
M Faizan Tahir