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Install wemux with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Enhances tmux's to provide multiuser terminal multiplexing. Version 3.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wemux

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install wemux

MacPorts ports tree · devel/wemux/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install wemux

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · wemux · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wemux

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/we/wemux/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Enhances tmux's to provide multiuser terminal multiplexing

Commands and aliases

  • wemux

history

Project history and usage

wemux is a tmux-oriented collaboration wrapper whose README summarizes the project as making multi-user tmux sessions easier and more powerful. It lets one user host a tmux-backed server while other SSH users join in controlled modes.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2012 and accumulated a long 1.x through 3.x tag history. Its design reflects a period when tmux had become the practical successor to older terminal multiplexing workflows, but pairing still required users to understand shared sockets, permissions, and tmux command details.

Rather than replacing tmux, wemux codified common multi-user session patterns. The README defines mirror mode for read-only observation, pair mode for a shared cursor, and rogue mode for independent windows inside the same session, with user listing and attach/detach notifications layered on top.

Adoption history

wemux became a recognizable niche tool for remote pairing, demos, teaching, and server-side collaboration. The repository has several thousand stars, over a hundred forks, and an issue/PR history that shows continuing community use even though the project itself is small.

How it is used

A host runs `wemux start` to create or reattach to the shared tmux server, while clients join with `wemux mirror`, `wemux pair`, or `wemux rogue`. The tool passes unknown commands through to tmux using its socket, so experienced tmux users can keep their normal command vocabulary while avoiding manual socket setup.

Why package nerds care

wemux is package-nerd interesting because it is mostly glue: a small shell tool that made an existing Unix primitive friendlier for collaboration. Its value is not a new terminal multiplexer, but the packaging of a repeatable multi-user tmux convention.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • Homebrew declares a post-install hook for this formula.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/usr/local/etc/wemux.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
wemuxcliglobal 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 version3.2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv3.2.0

https://github.com/zolrath/wemux

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:wemux
Version3.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wemux
Homepagehttps://github.com/zolrath/wemux
Repositoryhttps://github.com/zolrath/wemux
Upstream docshttps://github.com/zolrath/wemux#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/zolrath/wemux/archive/refs/tags/v3.2.0.tar.gz
Dependenciestmux
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installdefined
Servicenone declared
CaveatsYour current user account has been automatically added as a wemux host. To give a user the ability to host wemux sessions add them to the host_list array in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/wemux.conf Either edit the file in your text editor of choice or run `wemux conf` to open the file in your $EDITOR.

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namewemux
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • 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.

Nix95%

wemux

nix profile install nixpkgs#wemux
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wemux
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/wemux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

wemux 3.2.0-24.fc44

Multi-user terminal multiplexing utility

https://github.com/zolrath/wemux

sudo dnf install wemux
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: wemux
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wemux
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wemux from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

wemux

sudo port install wemux
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wemux
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/wemux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • tmuxRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • smugShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, tmux.
  • cbonsaiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • elessShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • nvimpagerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • pageShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.

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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment