# Install hss with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Interactive parallel SSH client. Version 1.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hss.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hss
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hss
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install hss
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#hss
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S hss
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: hss from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:hss
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Source summary:** Interactive parallel SSH client
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/six-ddc/hss>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/six-ddc/hss>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- hss (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.10
## Project history and usage

hss is an interactive parallel SSH client for running commands across multiple servers while keeping a shell-like input experience.

### Project history

The upstream README defines hss as an interactive SSH client for multiple servers, implemented around the local ssh command and libreadline. It aims to provide bash-like input with history search, completion, and parallel execution.

### Adoption history

The input metadata records packaging in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch. The README gives installation paths for Homebrew, MacPorts, Linux source builds, and binary releases, which points to lightweight operations-tool adoption rather than a large application ecosystem.

### How it is used

Users pass hosts through a host file or repeated -H options, optionally set a username, common SSH options, output file, and concurrency limit, then either run an immediate command or enter an interactive multi-host shell.

Readline support adds command history, reverse search, completion from the first remote server, vi-style editing, and configurable history storage through HSS_HISTORY_FILE or XDG_STATE_HOME.

### Why package nerds care

hss sits in the cluster of sysadmin tools that package managers keep alive because they solve a sharp problem with few moving parts: fan out ssh commands, preserve interactivity, and avoid a heavier orchestration system.

### Timeline

- v1.0: First v-prefixed release tag appears in the upstream repository.
- 1.10: Later numeric release tag appears in the upstream repository.
- Homebrew formula: Packaged as brew:hss according to input metadata.

### Related projects

- Related tools include OpenSSH, GNU Readline, pssh-style parallel SSH tools, tmux-driven administration workflows, and configuration-management systems used when ad hoc parallel commands are no longer enough.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hss>
- <https://github.com/six-ddc/hss#readme>
- <https://github.com/six-ddc/hss/releases>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - hss: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hs/hss/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - hss - 1.10-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: hss from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Interactive ssh client for multiple servers | https://github.com/six-ddc/hss
- MacPorts - hss: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/hss/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/hss.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/hss.yml)


## Sources

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