# libtmux.Server.start_server

- **Module:** libtmux.Server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/036c521c4b83ce6e434eb50afe2a0d08a6a05e46/src/libtmux/server.py#L1489
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/py/libtmux-server-start_server/

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

Start the tmux server via ``$ tmux start-server``.

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

>>> server.start_server()