# Install et with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Remote terminal with IP roaming. Version 7.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#et.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:et
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install et
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install et
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/et/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install et
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: et from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#et
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/et/et/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:et
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.0.0
- **Source summary:** Remote terminal with IP roaming
- **Homepage:** <https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T01:52:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- et (alias)
- etserver (alias)
- etterminal (alias)
- htm (alias)
- htmd (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.0.0
## Project history and usage

Eternal Terminal is a reconnectable secure remote shell whose package name is usually `et`.

### Project history

The official README frames Eternal Terminal around one idea: a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. It uses SSH for handshaking and encryption, then maintains its own TCP session on the server port.

### Adoption history

The project documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, a Debian repository, Fedora and EPEL packages, FreeBSD, openSUSE, NixOS flakes, Docker, and source builds, which shows adoption primarily among command-line users who want a mosh-like reconnecting terminal with SSH-style invocation.

### How it is used

Users run an `etserver` daemon on the remote host and connect with `et hostname` or `et user@hostname:port`. The README also documents jumphosts, port forwarding, command execution after setup, SSH config parsing, and `/etc/et.cfg` for server settings such as the listening port.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, `et` is notable because the package contains both client and daemon pieces and benefits from service integration: Homebrew launchd files, systemd service files, NixOS module settings, and `/etc/et.cfg` all matter as much as the binary.

### Timeline

- 2010s: Eternal Terminal appears as a reconnecting remote shell for roaming IP and flaky network sessions.
- 2020s: Packaging instructions cover Homebrew, MacPorts, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, openSUSE, NixOS, Docker, and source builds.

### Related projects

- The README positions usage next to SSH by requiring SSH access for handshaking and by supporting SSH config parsing; users often compare it with mosh because both address resilient remote terminal sessions.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal>
- <https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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: /etc/et.cfg
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - et: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/et/et/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - et - 6.2.11-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: et from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Remote shell that survives IP roaming and disconnect | https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal/
- MacPorts - et: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/et/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/et.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/et.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph