# libtmux.core/kill-server!

- **Module:** libtmux.core
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux-clojure
- **Language:** Clojure
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/5f88402151ff08fc0390dd438b90963692ec3fe4/libtmux-clojure/src/main/clojure/libtmux/core.clj#L297
- **Public owner:** libtmux.core
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/clojure/latest/reference/libtmux-core-kill-server/

```
(kill-server! server)
```

Kills the explicit tmux server; [[close!]] only releases local resources.

## Parameters

- `server`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `kill-server!`.

- [`display-message`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/display-message/)
- [`kill-server`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/kill-server/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_display_message_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_display_message_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_display_message_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-display-message-c-cmd_display_message_exec/) (function)
- [`cmd_kill_server_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_kill_server_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_kill_server_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-kill-server-c-cmd_kill_server_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Shut the tmux server down

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.kill`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Server#kill`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Erlang | [`tmux_server:stop_owned/1`](/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_server-stop_owned-1/) (function). Requires the ownership token for a library-owned daemon. Closing a borrowed endpoint preserves its daemon. |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`server.Server.kill`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-kill/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.kill`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-kill/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.Kill`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Server.killServer`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-killserver/) (method) |
| Kotlin | [`io.github.libtmux.kotlin.Server.killServer`](/en/kotlin/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-kotlin-server-killserver/) (method) |
| Scala | [`io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.Server.killServer`](/en/scala/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-scaladsl-server-killserver/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Server.KillAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-killasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Server::kill`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.killServer()`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-killserver()/) (method) |
| OCaml | Client.close releases transport resources. The public client API does not terminate a borrowed tmux daemon. |
| Perl | [`LibTmux::Server::kill_server`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill_server/) (method). Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes. |

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp or F#.