# Install csshx with Homebrew, MacPorts Cluster ssh tool for Terminal.app. Version 0.74 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install csshX. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:csshx ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install csshx ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install csshX ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/csshX/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:csshx - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.74 - **Source summary:** Cluster ssh tool for Terminal.app - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - csshX (cli) - csshX (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 0.74 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/brockgr/csshx - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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 - macOS: /etc/csshrc, ~/.csshrc, /etc/clusters ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - csshX: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/csshX/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [et](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/et/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ssh, terminal. - [ansifilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansifilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colordiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colordiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [faketty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/faketty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [libvterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libvterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [mle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [moor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [xxh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xxh/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, remote, ssh. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/csshx.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/csshx.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph