install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gitmux

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitmux

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gitmux/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Git status in tmux status bar

Project links

Commands and aliases

gitmux

history

Project history and usage

gitmux is a small Go command-line tool that renders Git working-tree state for the tmux status bar. Its role is deliberately narrow: it turns branch, divergence, staged, modified, untracked, stash, and cleanliness information into tmux format strings.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in October 2019, and an early v0.2.0 release was published the same day. The README presents gitmux as an install-and-forget tmux companion with shell-agnostic behavior and a YAML configuration file for colors, symbols, and layout.

Adoption history

gitmux spread through terminal-tooling channels rather than through a large framework ecosystem. Its README documents binary releases, Homebrew installation for macOS and Linux, Arch User Repository packages, and Go source installation, which matches its position as a practical status-line utility.

How it is used

Practitioners add a `gitmux` invocation to `status-right` in `.tmux.conf`, usually passing tmux's pane path so the status bar follows the active working directory. Users generate a default YAML file with `gitmux -printcfg`, save it as `~/.gitmux.conf`, and pass it with `-cfg` when they want customized symbols or colors.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, gitmux is a typical compact CLI package: a single executable, no service integration, and behavior that can be verified by running it inside a Git checkout. It matters mainly to users who keep Git context visible inside long-running tmux sessions.

Timeline

2019: Repository created on GitHub.
2019: v0.2.0 release published.
2020s: README-documented install paths include Homebrew, AUR, binary releases, and Go source installation.

Related projects

tmux provides the status bar integration point, while Git supplies the repository state that gitmux summarizes.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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.

Unix: ~/.gitmux.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gitmux`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.11.5

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.11.5

https://github.com/arl/gitmux

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gitmux
Version	0.11.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitmux
Homepage	https://github.com/arl/gitmux
Repository	https://github.com/arl/gitmux
Upstream docs	https://github.com/arl/gitmux#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/arl/gitmux/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.5.tar.gz
Dependencies	tmux
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

Nix95%

gitmux

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitmux

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitmux

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitmux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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/gitmux.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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