# Install pssh with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. Version 2.3.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pssh.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pssh
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pssh
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pssh
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add pssh
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pssh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pssh
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pssh
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pssh 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#pssh
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install pssh
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pssh from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pssh
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.6
- **Source summary:** Parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pnuke (alias)
- prsync (alias)
- pslurp (alias)
- pssh (alias)
- pssh-askpass (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.3.6

## 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 - pssh - 2.3.5-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pssh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Parallel versions of SSH-based tools | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- Debian apt - python3-psshlib - 2.3.5-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-psshlib from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Parallel versions of SSH-based tools (library) | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- Nix - pssh: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ps/pssh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pssh - 2.3.5-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pssh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Parallel versions of SSH-based tools | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- Ubuntu apt - python3-psshlib - 2.3.5-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-psshlib from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Parallel versions of SSH-based tools (library) | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- apk - pssh - 2.3.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pssh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | PSSH provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools: pssh, pscp, prsync, pnuke, and pslurp | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- apk - pssh-pyc - 2.3.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pssh-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for pssh | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- dnf - pssh - 2.3.6-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pssh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Parallel SSH tools | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- zypper - pssh - 2.3.4+git10.d4909c9-5.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pssh from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Parallel SSH to control large numbers of Machines simultaneously | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- zypper - python-pssh - 2.3.4+git10.d4909c9-5.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python-pssh from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Python Module for Parallel SSH | https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
- MacPorts - pssh: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/pssh/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/pssh.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pssh.yml)


## Sources

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