install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install csshx

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install csshX

MacPorts ports tree · net/csshX/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Cluster ssh tool for Terminal.app

Project links

Commands and aliases

csshX

history

Project history and usage

csshX is a Perl cluster-SSH helper for macOS Terminal.app that opens and coordinates SSH sessions across multiple hosts.

Project history

The upstream README and script identify csshX as a Mac OS X Terminal.app cluster SSH tool, copyright 2011 by Gavin Brock. Its README predates the GitHub-centered packaging era, pointing users to a Google Code project page for releases and to self-contained manual documentation via csshX --man.

Adoption history

The README describes csshX as a command-line script requiring no special installation beyond placing it on PATH, tested on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.7 with the default Perl installation. That made it easy for Mac administrators to package as a single executable around the system terminal and ssh.

How it is used

csshX reads host clusters from /etc/clusters and loads settings from /etc/csshrc and ~/.csshrc, while command-line options add hosts, alternate config files, screen placement, ssh arguments, session limits, sorting, and interleaving behavior.

Why package nerds care

csshX is package-significant as a small, platform-specific admin tool: a single Perl executable, no bundled runtime dependency beyond system Perl, and behavior tied to Terminal.app rather than portable terminal emulators.

Timeline

2011: Upstream script and README carry copyright for Gavin Brock.
2011 era: README documents testing on Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7.
0.73: GitHub repository tags the 0.73 release.

Related projects

csshX is related to ClusterSSH-style tools, SSH fan-out helpers, and other terminal multiplexing utilities used by administrators to run commands across groups of hosts.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cluster
text:ssh

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

macOS: /etc/csshrc~/.csshrc/etc/clusters

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`csshX`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-25

manager version0.74

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/brockgr/csshx

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/brockgr/csshxnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:csshx
Version	0.74
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/csshx
Homepage	https://github.com/brockgr/csshx
Repository	https://github.com/brockgr/csshx
Upstream docs	https://github.com/brockgr/csshx#readme
License	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
Source archive	https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/csshx/csshX-0.74.tgz
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	csshx
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

csshX

sudo port install csshX

normalized package name match
Matched by: Csshx

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/csshX/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/csshx.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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