macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wemuxlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install wemuxMacPorts ports tree · devel/wemux/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 11258
Install wemux with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix
Enhances tmux's to provide multiuser terminal multiplexing. Version 3.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#wemux.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install wemuxFedora Rawhide package metadata · wemux · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wemuxnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/we/wemux/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Enhances tmux's to provide multiuser terminal multiplexing
Project links
Commands and aliases
- wemux
history
Project history and usage
wemux is a tmux-oriented collaboration wrapper whose README summarizes the project as making multi-user tmux sessions easier and more powerful. It lets one user host a tmux-backed server while other SSH users join in controlled modes.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in March 2012 and accumulated a long 1.x through 3.x tag history. Its design reflects a period when tmux had become the practical successor to older terminal multiplexing workflows, but pairing still required users to understand shared sockets, permissions, and tmux command details.
Rather than replacing tmux, wemux codified common multi-user session patterns. The README defines mirror mode for read-only observation, pair mode for a shared cursor, and rogue mode for independent windows inside the same session, with user listing and attach/detach notifications layered on top.
Adoption history
wemux became a recognizable niche tool for remote pairing, demos, teaching, and server-side collaboration. The repository has several thousand stars, over a hundred forks, and an issue/PR history that shows continuing community use even though the project itself is small.
How it is used
A host runs `wemux start` to create or reattach to the shared tmux server, while clients join with `wemux mirror`, `wemux pair`, or `wemux rogue`. The tool passes unknown commands through to tmux using its socket, so experienced tmux users can keep their normal command vocabulary while avoiding manual socket setup.
Why package nerds care
wemux is package-nerd interesting because it is mostly glue: a small shell tool that made an existing Unix primitive friendlier for collaboration. Its value is not a new terminal multiplexer, but the packaging of a repeatable multi-user tmux convention.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/usr/local/etc/wemux.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
wemux | 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 version3.2.0
manager updated2026-07-21
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:wemux |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/zolrath/wemux |
| Repository | https://github.com/zolrath/wemux |
| Last updated | 2026-07-21T13:00:32+01:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
Nix95%
wemux
nix profile install nixpkgs#wemux- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wemux
dnf95%
wemux 3.2.0-25.fc45
Multi-user terminal multiplexing utility
https://github.com/zolrath/wemux
sudo dnf install wemux- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: wemux
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wemux
MacPorts95%
wemux
sudo port install wemux- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wemux
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation