# Install mussh with Homebrew, apt, dnf

Multi-host SSH wrapper. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mussh.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mussh
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mussh
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mussh
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mussh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mussh
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mussh
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Source summary:** Multi-host SSH wrapper
- **Homepage:** <https://mussh.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mussh (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0
## Project history and usage

mussh, the MUltihost SSH Wrapper, is a small Unix shell utility from the SourceForge era of system-administration tooling. The SourceForge project was registered in 2001 and describes the program as a shell script for executing a command or script over SSH on multiple hosts with one command, using ssh-agent and public-key authentication where possible to avoid repeated password prompts.

### How it is used

Its niche is deliberately narrower than configuration-management systems: it broadcasts one-off remote commands or scripts across host lists. That made it useful for administrators who needed a simple SSH fan-out tool without adopting a larger orchestration stack. Packaging in Homebrew and major Linux distributions keeps it in the lightweight CLI/sysadmin category alongside tools such as pssh and pdsh.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mussh>
- <https://linux.die.net/man/1/mussh>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/mussh/>


## 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

- Debian apt - mussh - 1.0-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mussh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MUltihost SSH Wrapper | http://mussh.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - mussh - 1.0-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mussh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MUltihost SSH Wrapper | http://mussh.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - mussh - 1.0-30.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mussh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Multihost SSH wrapper | http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mussh


## Combined YAML source

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