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Install sshx with Homebrew, pacman

Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web. Version 0.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with pacman: sudo pacman -S sshx.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sshx

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web

Commands and aliases

  • sshx

history

Project history and usage

sshx is a Rust-based CLI and hosted web service for collaborative terminal sharing.

Project history

The upstream repository began in 2022 with a minimal gRPC server, but public package-facing releases appear in the later 0.x tag series. The README describes sshx as a secure web-based collaborative terminal, while the official website presents it as link-based terminal sharing on a multiplayer infinite canvas.

Adoption history

The README and website promote a curl installer, direct binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, and embedded ARM targets, Homebrew installation, and a one-command CI/CD debugging workflow. The supplied package metadata records Homebrew and Arch/pacman availability.

How it is used

Users run the `sshx` client to create a terminal-sharing session and receive a browser URL. The project emphasizes real-time collaboration, remote cursors, end-to-end encryption, automatic reconnection, mesh networking, and CI debugging sessions that pause a workflow while exposing a collaborative shell.

Why package nerds care

sshx matters to package nerds because it packages a modern terminal-sharing workflow as a tiny CLI: install a binary, run one command, and bridge terminal state into the browser. It sits near tools such as tmate but leans into web collaboration, Rust packaging, and cross-platform binary distribution.

Timeline

  • 2022: Initial upstream commits implemented the server foundation.
  • 2023: Official website copyright identifies the open-source project under Eric Zhang.
  • 2024: v0.2.x and v0.3.x tags appeared in the upstream repository.
  • 2025: v0.4.x tags appeared, with Homebrew and Arch packaging recorded in package metadata.

Related projects

  • sshx is related to terminal-sharing and remote-pairing tools such as tmate, but its official materials center the browser canvas and hosted mesh service.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
sshxexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.4.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:sshx
Version0.4.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://sshx.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ekzhang/sshx
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

pacman95%

sshx 0.4.1-2

A secure web-based, collaborative terminal

https://github.com/ekzhang/sshx

sudo pacman -S sshx
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sshx
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: sshx from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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