macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mpsshlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install mpssh with Homebrew, dnf
Mass parallel ssh. Version 1.3.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install mpssh.
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Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mpsshFedora Rawhide package metadata · mpssh · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
Mass parallel ssh
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mpssh
history
Project history and usage
mpssh, short for Mass Parallel Secure Shell, is a small parallel-SSH administration tool by Nikolay Denev. Its README carries a 2005-2015 copyright notice and describes the program as connecting to many hosts from a hosts file, running the same command on all of them, and prefixing each output line with the hostname that produced it. GitHub tags show the 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 releases in September 2012, a 1.3.1 tag in January 2013, and 1.3.3 in June 2014.
Project history
The tool is deliberately thin: it executes the OpenSSH ssh binary directly, can scp a local script to each remote host before execution, supports per-host usernames and ports, host labels, output files, connection delays, and a configurable number of parallel ssh processes. It depends on existing passwordless authentication such as public keys or Kerberos rather than managing credentials itself.
How it is used
mpssh sits in the old-school sysadmin niche alongside pssh, pdsh, and ad hoc shell loops: one command, many machines, minimal state. It is useful when the operator already has SSH trust configured and wants bounded parallelism, host-labeled output, and simple host grouping without adopting a configuration-management system.
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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 bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mpssh | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.3.3
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mpssh |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ndenev/mpssh |
| Repository | https://github.com/ndenev/mpssh |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
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mpssh 1.3.3-27.fc45
Parallel ssh tool
https://github.com/ndenev/mpssh
sudo dnf install mpssh- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mpssh
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpssh
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