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Install rmate with Homebrew, Nix

Edit files from an SSH session in TextMate. Version 1.5.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rmate.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install rmate

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Edit files from an SSH session in TextMate

Commands and aliases

  • rmate

history

Project history and usage

rmate lets a command running on a remote SSH host ask TextMate on the user's Mac to edit a file. The client connects back through an SSH reverse tunnel or supported Unix socket.

Project history

rmate is maintained under the TextMate organization as a Ruby client for opening remotely hosted files in TextMate on a Mac. The project also lists Bash, Python, and Perl ports.

Adoption history

rmate is distributed as a Ruby gem and as a standalone script, and is also packaged by Homebrew and Nix. Its small, portable client-side design suits remote hosts where installing a full graphical editor is neither possible nor desirable.

How it is used

Create a reverse SSH forward for TextMate's default port 52698, optionally make it persistent in ~/.ssh/config, install rmate on the remote host, and run rmate followed by a filename. Default client options can be stored in /etc/rmate.rc or ~/.rmate.rc; RMATE_HOST, RMATE_PORT, and RMATE_UNIXSOCKET provide environment-based overrides.

Why package nerds care

rmate embodies a common Unix workflow trick: a tiny remote command and SSH reverse forwarding bridge a terminal session to a local graphical editor. It gives TextMate users an editor-server workflow analogous to remote-editor commands in other ecosystems.

Timeline

  • 2011: TextMate's official project blog documented the mate and rmate remote-editing workflow.

Related projects

  • TextMate is the receiving graphical editor.
  • OpenSSH provides the reverse TCP or Unix-socket forwarding used to reach TextMate.
  • The project lists independent Bash, Python, and Perl ports.

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.

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
~/.ssh/config

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
rmatecliglobal 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 generated2026-09-19
manager version1.5.8
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.5.8

https://github.com/textmate/rmate

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:rmate
Version1.5.8
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rmate
Homepagehttps://github.com/textmate/rmate
Repositoryhttps://github.com/textmate/rmate
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/textmate/rmate/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.8.tar.gz
Uses from macOSruby
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namermate
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%

rmate

nix profile install nixpkgs#rmate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rmate
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: rmate from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

package graph

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

Same workflow

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  • bedShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editors.
  • sshpassShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, 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
  • 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
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation