tmux
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 Tmux session, with two horizontal and one vertical pane. | |
| Developer(s) | Nicholas Marriott |
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| Initial release | 20 November 2007[1] |
| Stable release | 2.8
/ 17 October 2018 |
| Repository | https://github.com/tmux/tmux |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Terminal multiplexer |
| License | ISC license |
| Website | tmux |
tmux is a terminal multiplexer for Unix-like operating systems. It allows multiple terminal sessions to be accessed simultaneously in a single window. It is useful for running more than one command-line program at the same time. It can also be used to detach processes from their controlling terminals, allowing SSH sessions to remain active without being visible.[2]
Features
tmux includes most features of GNU Screen. It allows users to start a terminal session with clients that are not bound to a specific physical or virtual console; multiple terminal sessions can be created within a single terminal session and then freely rebound from one virtual console to another, and each session can have several connected clients. Some Tmux notable features are[3]
- Menus for interactive selection of running sessions, windows or clients
- Window can be linked to an arbitrary number of sessions[4]
- vi-like or Emacs command mode (with auto completion) for managing tmux[5]
- Lack of built-in serial and telnet clients (which some consider bloat for the terminal multiplexer)[3]
- Easier configuration[6][7][better source needed]
- Different command keys—it is not a drop-in replacement for screen, but can be configured to use compatible keybindings
- Vertical and horizontal Window split support
Adoption
tmux is included in OpenBSD,[2] and is available as a package for many other Unix-like operating systems.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Changelog
- ^ a b "Keyboard and Display Controls", Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions, OpenBSD, retrieved 7 December 2011
{{citation}}:|chapter=ignored (help) - ^ a b Perrin, Chad (25 October 2010), "Is tmux the GNU Screen killer?", TechRepublic, retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ de Weerd, Paul (12 July 2009), "Interview with Nicholas Marriott on tmux", OpenBSD Journal, retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ a b "Tmux – the Terminal multiplexer", Linuxaria, 15 September 2011, retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ O'Higgins, Niall (4 June 2009), tmux, a BSD alternative to GNU Screen, retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ Alexander, Alex (17 May 2010), "switching from gnu screen to tmux", Linux~ized, retrieved 7 December 2011
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