install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mob

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mob

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/mob

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mob.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for smooth Git handover in mob programming sessions

Project links

Commands and aliases

mob

history

Project history and usage

mob is a Go command-line tool from the remotemobprogramming project for handing source changes between participants in pair or mob programming sessions. Its GitHub repository was created in 2018, and the project site describes it as an open-source CLI that uses Git to keep the working branch clean while moving work-in-progress changes through temporary branches.

Project history

The tool's practical workflow is intentionally small: a typist starts a session with `mob start`, hands off with `mob next`, and finishes with `mob done`, which squashes the temporary WIP branch back into staged changes. Documentation and practitioner writeups emphasize remote mob programming, fast typist rotation, and integration with timers, with later use cases extending to local mob sessions and solo checkpointing.

How it is used

In package-manager terms, mob sits in the collaboration-and-Git niche rather than acting as a general Git porcelain. Homebrew packages it as `mob`, and the same record family also maps it to Nix and Scoop, reflecting a cross-platform CLI audience for teams that prefer local editors and Git-based handoff over a shared remote IDE.

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 6 platform targets.
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: ~/.mob./.mob

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mob`	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 version5.4.2

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected5.4.2

https://github.com/remotemobprogramming/mob

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mob
Version	5.4.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mob
Homepage	https://mob.sh
Repository	https://github.com/remotemobprogramming/mob
Upstream docs	https://mob.sh/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/remotemobprogramming/mob/archive/refs/tags/5.4.2.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	mob
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.

Nix95%

mob

nix profile install nixpkgs#mob

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mob

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mob/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/mob

scoop install main/mob

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mob

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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/mob.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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