macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install moshlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install moshMacPorts ports tree · net/mosh/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mosh with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop
Remote terminal application. Version 1.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add moshAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mosh · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install moshDebian stable package indexes · mosh · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install moshFedora Rawhide package metadata · mosh · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#moshnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mo/mosh/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S moshArch Linux sync databases · mosh · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install moshopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mosh · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/mosh-clientScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mosh-client.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Remote terminal application
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mosh
- mosh-client
- mosh-server
history
Project history and usage
Mosh, the mobile shell, originated at MIT CSAIL as research by Keith Winstein and Hari Balakrishnan and was presented at USENIX ATC 2012. The paper framed it as a remote terminal application for intermittent connectivity, roaming between networks, and speculative local echo over high-latency paths. Its core technical contribution was the State Synchronization Protocol, a UDP-based protocol for synchronizing client and server terminal state even when the client's IP address changes.
Project history
The 2012 evaluation reported real-world keystroke traces from six users and found that Mosh could immediately display the effects of 70 percent of keystrokes; over a commercial EV-DO network, median keystroke response latency was under 5 ms compared with 503 ms for SSH. The USENIX page also records more than 15,000 downloads in the first week after release, making Mosh one of the better-known examples of systems research packaged as a practical Unix tool.
How it is used
In everyday use, mosh looks like ssh at the command line but uses SSH only to authenticate and start mosh-server on the remote host. After the bootstrap, the terminal session moves to UDP, usually on a high port in the 60000-61000 range. It is packaged broadly across Unix-like systems because its main audience is shell users who work from laptops, unstable Wi-Fi, cellular links, or roaming networks and want terminal sessions to survive connectivity changes.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:client,server
- text:shell
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mosh | cli | global executable | |
mosh-client | cli | global executable | |
mosh-server | 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 version1.4.0
manager updated2026-06-20
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/mobile-shell/moshnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mosh |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mosh |
| Homepage | https://mosh.org |
| Repository | https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/mosh-1.4.0/mosh-1.4.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-20T05:07:43Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | protobuf |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, tmux |
| Uses from macOS | ncurses |
| 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 | mosh |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 40 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
mosh 1.4.0-1+b2
Mobile shell that supports roaming and intelligent local echo
sudo apt install mosh- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mosh
- 9 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
Nix95%
mosh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mosh- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
Ubuntu apt95%
mosh 1.4.0-1ubuntu3
Mobile shell that supports roaming and intelligent local echo
sudo apt install mosh- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 9 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh 1.4.0-r18
Mobile shell surviving disconnects with local echo and line editing
sudo apk add mosh- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-bash-completion 1.4.0-r18
Bash completions for mosh
sudo apk add mosh-bash-completion- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-client 1.4.0-r18
Mosh client
sudo apk add mosh-client- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-client-doc 1.4.0-r18
Mosh client (documentation)
sudo apk add mosh-client-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-doc 1.4.0-r18
Mobile shell surviving disconnects with local echo and line editing (documentation)
sudo apk add mosh-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-nftrules 1.4.0-r18
Mobile shell surviving disconnects with local echo and line editing (nftables ruleset)
sudo apk add mosh-nftrules- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-server 1.4.0-r18
Mosh server
sudo apk add mosh-server- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
apk95%
mosh-server-doc 1.4.0-r18
Mosh server (documentation)
sudo apk add mosh-server-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
dnf95%
mosh 1.4.0-10.fc44
Mobile shell that supports roaming and intelligent local echo
sudo dnf install mosh- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 14 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
pacman95%
mosh 1.4.0-30
Mobile shell, surviving disconnects with local echo and line editing
sudo pacman -S mosh- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
zypper95%
mosh 1.4.0-5.17
The mobile shell
sudo zypper install mosh- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Networking/SSH
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mosh
- 14 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
MacPorts95%
mosh
sudo port install mosh- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mosh
Scoop92%
main/mosh-client
scoop install main/mosh-client- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mosh Client
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment