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Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Interactive completion for all the things in tmux windows launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hey, HN! With all recent agentic workflows being primarily terminal- and tmux-based, I wanted to share a little project I created about decade ago. I've continued to use this as my primary terminal "window manager" and wanted to share in case others might find it useful. I would love to hear about other's terminal-based workflows and any other tools you may use with similar functionality.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Persists tmux environment across system restarts. Contribute to tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4FK
  5. 5CC
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    bmux▲73

    Browser multiplexer for the agentic era

    22d ago · bmux.cc · its alternatives →

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    Ricly▲74

    Putting your most recurring tools in the right-click menu

    Sep 2026 · usericly.com · its alternatives →

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    You can use features of tmux to implement a Turing-complete instruction set, allowing you to compile code that runs in tmux by moving windows. I feel like I really have to emphasise this: I’m not running a command-line program in tmux, or using tmux to launch a program. I can get tmux to run real co

    2024 · willhbr.net · its alternatives →

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    Notchzy▲61

    Interactive dynamic island for windows

    16d ago · notchzy.com · its alternatives →

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    tmux 2▲5

    Productive Mouse-Free Development

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    HTML5 GUI designed for real-time applications and games

    2015 · coherent-labs.com · its alternatives →

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    Sopler▲83

    A real-time, collaborative to-do list

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Session manager and task runner for tmux. Start your development environment within one command. - ivaaaan/smug

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14IM
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    Radically faster & simpler window switcher

    2015 · contexts.co · its alternatives →

  16. 16AS

    This is incredibly over-engineered, but it was quite a fun process. :)

    2024 · alexsaveau.dev · its alternatives →

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    I had motivation for writing this after I kept switching back and forth between agents to see if they've finished what they were working on (and I couldn't find a similar tool out there). I'd imagine it can be useful for other scenarios as well, e.g. tracking multiple build/test jobs over multiple windows. Still a work in progress, but I thought I'd share :)

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19SC
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    WinMux is an easy to use tiling window manager that makes stacking intuitive and improves visual awareness of workspaces. Does not support multi-monitor yet.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21SP
  22. 22SA
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    Inspired by TAWS. Built as a learning exercise.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24AT

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