# Install rmux with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget

Terminal multiplexer with a tmux-style CLI and daemon runtime. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rmux.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rmux
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rmux
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rmux
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rmux
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Helvesec.RMUX -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Helvesec.RMUX from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rmux
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.1
- **Source summary:** Terminal multiplexer with a tmux-style CLI and daemon runtime
- **Homepage:** <https://rmux.io>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T18:29:18Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rmux (alias)
- rmux-daemon (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for rmux. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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/rmux.conf, ~/.rmux.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rmux/rmux.conf, ~/.config/rmux/rmux.conf, /etc/tmux.conf, ~/.tmux.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf, ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
- Windows: %XDG_CONFIG_HOME%\rmux\rmux.conf, %USERPROFILE%\.rmux.conf, %APPDATA%\rmux\rmux.conf, %RMUX_CONFIG_FILE%, %XDG_CONFIG_HOME%\tmux\tmux.conf, %USERPROFILE%\.tmux.conf, %APPDATA%\tmux\tmux.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rmux: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rm/rmux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - rmux: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/rmux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Helvesec.RMUX: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Helvesec.RMUX from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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