# Install mpssh with Homebrew, dnf Mass parallel ssh. Version 1.3.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpssh ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpssh ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mpssh ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpssh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpssh - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.3 - **Source summary:** Mass parallel ssh - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mpssh (cli) - mpssh (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ndenev/mpssh - Upstream latest detected: 1.3.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage mpssh, short for Mass Parallel Secure Shell, is a small parallel-SSH administration tool by Nikolay Denev. Its README carries a 2005-2015 copyright notice and describes the program as connecting to many hosts from a hosts file, running the same command on all of them, and prefixing each output line with the hostname that produced it. GitHub tags show the 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 releases in September 2012, a 1.3.1 tag in January 2013, and 1.3.3 in June 2014. ### Project history The tool is deliberately thin: it executes the OpenSSH ssh binary directly, can scp a local script to each remote host before execution, supports per-host usernames and ports, host labels, output files, connection delays, and a configurable number of parallel ssh processes. It depends on existing passwordless authentication such as public keys or Kerberos rather than managing credentials itself. ### How it is used mpssh sits in the old-school sysadmin niche alongside pssh, pdsh, and ad hoc shell loops: one command, many machines, minimal state. It is useful when the operator already has SSH trust configured and wants bounded parallelism, host-labeled output, and simple host grouping without adopting a configuration-management system. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpssh - **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 - dnf - mpssh - 1.3.3-26.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpssh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Parallel ssh tool | https://github.com/ndenev/mpssh ## 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [apt-dater](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apt-dater/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ssh, system. - [dsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dsh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ssh, system. - [kanif](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kanif/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ssh, system. - [orgalorg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/orgalorg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, remote-administration, ssh, system. - [rex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ssh, system. - [sshfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sshfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ssh, system. - [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [pdsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pdsh/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: administration, cli, execution, parallel, remote. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpssh.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpssh.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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