# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:wemux ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install wemux ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install wemux ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/wemux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install wemux ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wemux from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#wemux ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/wemux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:wemux - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.2.0 - **Source summary:** Enhances tmux's to provide multiuser terminal multiplexing - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - wemux (cli) - wemux (alias) ## Dependencies - tmux ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: defined - Caveats: Your 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. - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.2.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/zolrath/wemux - Upstream latest detected: v3.2.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: /usr/local/etc/wemux.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** wemux - **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 - Nix - wemux: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/wemux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - wemux - 3.2.0-24.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wemux from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Multi-user terminal multiplexing utility | https://github.com/zolrath/wemux - MacPorts - wemux: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/wemux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [tmux](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tmux/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [byobu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/byobu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, tmux. - [smug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, tmux. - [cbonsai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cbonsai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [eless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [nvimpager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nvimpager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [page](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/page/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [sc-im](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sc-im/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [sheets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sheets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [tmuxinator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tmuxinator/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, tmux. - [tmux-sessionizer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tmux-sessionizer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, tmux. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/wemux.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/wemux.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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