# Install trzsz with Homebrew, scoop, winget Simple file transfer tools, similar to lrzsz (rz/sz), and compatible with tmux. Version 1.1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:trzsz ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install trzsz ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/trzsz ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/trzsz.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id trzsz.trzsz -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: trzsz.trzsz from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:trzsz - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.5 - **Source summary:** Simple file transfer tools, similar to lrzsz (rz/sz), and compatible with tmux - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - trz (cli) - trzsz-iterm2 (cli) - tsz (cli) - trz (alias) - trzsz-iterm2 (alias) - tsz (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## 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: 1.1.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://trzsz.github.io - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage trzsz is a family of terminal file-transfer tools centered on trz for upload and tsz for download. Its official README describes it as similar to lrzsz/rz/sz but compatible with tmux, with support for directories, resume, progress display, Windows servers, native terminal wrappers, web terminals, and drag-and-drop upload. ### Project history The project was created to solve a specific terminal workflow gap: rz/sz-style transfer is convenient through nested SSH, jump hosts, containers, and remote shells, but lrzsz is not compatible with tmux. The README states that tmux was not going to support rz/sz, so trzsz was developed as a tmux-compatible alternative. ### Adoption history The ecosystem expanded from the original Python package into Go, JavaScript, iTerm2, web-terminal, and SSH-client integrations. Official documentation now presents trzsz, tssh, and tsshd together as modern SSH file-transfer and remote-terminal tools, and the README lists supported terminals including tssh, iTerm2, Tabby, electerm, ttyd, trzsz-go, and trzsz.js. ### How it is used The core workflow is server-side installation plus local support. Users run `trz` to receive uploads on the remote side and `tsz` to send downloads, much like rz and sz. The tool is especially useful when scp or sftp become awkward through chains such as laptop to jump host to another host to Docker to tmux. ### Why package nerds care trzsz is significant to package nerds because it revives the classic rz/sz workflow for modern terminal stacks and splits that functionality across multiple packages and languages. Homebrew carries both the original `trzsz` package and the Go-oriented `trzsz-go`, while the wider ecosystem also includes tssh for local support and JavaScript bindings for web terminals. ### Timeline - 2022: Early release notes show binary mode, interrupt handling, a production release, and directory-transfer support becoming part of the original Python package line. - 2023: v1.1.1 added iTerm2 drag-and-drop uploads and Windows/speed optimizations. - 2024: v1.1.5 synchronized features from the Go version. - 2026: The official site presents trzsz together with tssh and tsshd as a modern SSH file-transfer and remote-terminal toolkit. ### Related projects - trzsz-go is the Go implementation and is recommended by official docs for server-side use. - trzsz-ssh/tssh is the recommended local SSH client for trzsz transfers. - trzsz.js provides webshell and Electron-terminal integration, while the iTerm2 integration handles native macOS terminal workflows. ### Sources - - - - - - source_facts.description - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** trzsz - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 3 - **Conflicts With:** trzsz-go - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Scoop - main/trzsz: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/trzsz.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - trzsz.trzsz: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: trzsz.trzsz from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [trzsz-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trzsz-go/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [zssh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zssh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, ssh, terminal. - [trzsz-ssh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trzsz-ssh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, ssh, terminal. - [lrzsz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lrzsz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, zmodem. - [mosh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mosh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, terminal. - [wush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, ssh. - [airshare](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/airshare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [bbftp-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbftp-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/trzsz.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/trzsz.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