# Install wush with Homebrew, Nix

Transfer files between computers via WireGuard. Version 0.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#wush.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:wush
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install wush
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#wush
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:wush
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Source summary:** Transfer files between computers via WireGuard
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/coder/wush>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/coder/wush>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T22:40:22+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- wush (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.4.1
## Project history and usage

wush is a Coder-maintained command-line tool for file transfer and remote shell access over peer-to-peer WireGuard connections. Its README describes it as similar to magic-wormhole but without needing to set up or trust a relay server for authentication, and with WireGuard as the secure transport.

### Project history

The project is published at `coder/wush` and is written in Go. Its repository structure includes CLI commands, a browser-facing site, overlay networking code, and SSH-related code, reflecting a tool that grew from simple file transfer into a broader remote-access utility.

wush builds on Tailscale's `tsnet` package and public DERP relays but does not require a Tailscale account. The README explains that each CLI manages an in-memory control server, exchanges WireGuard nodes over UDP or DERP, and authenticates connections with x25519 keys embedded in the auth string.

### Adoption history

The public repository has drawn visible interest for a young networking utility, with GitHub showing roughly 1.4k stars. Coder also publishes `wush-action`, a GitHub Action that uses wush to SSH into GitHub Actions runners; its README documents a v1.0.0 release on July 26, 2025 and supported Linux, Windows, and macOS runners.

### How it is used

A typical flow starts with `wush serve` on a host, which prints an auth key. A client can then run commands such as `wush cp` to copy files or `wush ssh` to open a shell, paste the auth key, and connect over the WireGuard-backed overlay. The hosted `wush.dev` page also presents the tool as send, receive, and access, with command-line to browser use.

### Why package nerds care

wush is significant to package and networking-tool watchers because it combines several fashionable building blocks into a small CLI: WireGuard, NAT traversal, DERP fallback, magic-wormhole-style pairing, and SSH/file-transfer workflows. It is not a full VPN product; it is a transient transport for moving bytes or opening shells with less setup.

### Timeline

- 2024: Public discussion and issues around wush appear in the GitHub repository.
- 2025-07-26: `coder/wush-action` v1.0.0 is released for debugging GitHub Actions with wush.
- 2026: `wush.dev` advertises wush v0.4.0 with WireGuard-powered peer-to-peer file transfer and remote access.

### Related projects

- wush is explicitly compared with magic-wormhole in its README. Internally it relies on Tailscale's tsnet and public DERP relay infrastructure, while exposing familiar user workflows such as copying files and opening SSH sessions.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/coder/wush>
- <https://github.com/coder/wush-action>
- <https://wush.dev/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - wush: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wu/wush/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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