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Install mussh with Homebrew, apt, dnf

Multi-host SSH wrapper. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mussh

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Multi-host SSH wrapper

Commands and aliases

  • mussh

history

Project history and usage

mussh, the MUltihost SSH Wrapper, is a small Unix shell utility from the SourceForge era of system-administration tooling. The SourceForge project was registered in 2001 and describes the program as a shell script for executing a command or script over SSH on multiple hosts with one command, using ssh-agent and public-key authentication where possible to avoid repeated password prompts.

How it is used

Its niche is deliberately narrower than configuration-management systems: it broadcasts one-off remote commands or scripts across host lists. That made it useful for administrators who needed a simple SSH fan-out tool without adopting a larger orchestration stack. Packaging in Homebrew and major Linux distributions keeps it in the lightweight CLI/sysadmin category alongside tools such as pssh and pdsh.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:ssh

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
musshcliglobal 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 version1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://mussh.sourceforge.net/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mussh.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mussh
Version1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mussh
Homepagehttps://mussh.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/mussh/code
Upstream docshttps://mussh.sourceforge.net/
LicenseGPL-1.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mussh/mussh/1.0/mussh-1.0.tgz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemussh
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Debian apt95%

mussh 1.0-1.1

MUltihost SSH Wrapper

http://mussh.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install mussh
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mussh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mussh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

mussh 1.0-1.1

MUltihost SSH Wrapper

http://mussh.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install mussh
  • Section: universe/admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mussh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mussh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

mussh 1.0-29.fc44

Multihost SSH wrapper

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mussh

sudo dnf install mussh
  • License: GPL-1.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: mussh
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mussh
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mussh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • psshShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, remote-execution, ssh.
  • moshShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
  • puttyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
  • shellzShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
  • ssh3Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
  • sshportalShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.

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.

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