# libtmux.Server.start_server

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/server.py#L1486
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-server-start_server/

tmux command: [`start-server`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/start-server/)

```
libtmux.Server.start_server(self) -> None
```

Start the tmux server via [`$ tmux start-server`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/start-server/).

Usually not needed since the server starts automatically on first
session creation.

```python
>>> server.start_server()
```

## In other ports

### Start the server without creating a session

- Rust: [`server.Server.start`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-start/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Server.Start`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-start/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Server.StartServerAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-startserverasync/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.startServer()`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-startserver()/) (method)