tmux
Website: https://tmux.github.io/
Project: https://github.com/tmux/tmux
Author: Nicholas Marriott
Alternative to: screen
License: ISC
Language: C
Page updated: 2026-03-15
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
Books about tmux
- tmux 3: Productive Mouse-Free Development, by Brian Hogan
Articles about tmux
- Testing Environment with Tmux, by Doug Bell