# Install mob with Homebrew, Nix, scoop Tool for smooth Git handover in mob programming sessions. Version 5.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mob ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mob ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mob ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mob/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/mob ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mob - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.4.2 - **Source summary:** Tool for smooth Git handover in mob programming sessions - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mob (cli) - mob (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 5.4.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/remotemobprogramming/mob - Upstream latest detected: 5.4.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ~/.mob, ./.mob ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - mob: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mob/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/mob: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [git-mob](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-mob/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, collaboration, developer-tools, git, mob-programming. - [gitea](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitea/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, collaboration, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [aicommit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [aicommit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [aicommits](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommits/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [cig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cig/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mob.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mob.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