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24 alternatives to Session manager and task runner for tmux written in Go

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

This is a session manager and task runner for tmux, built with Go. It helps users organize and automate terminal sessions and tasks within the tmux multiplexer. The tool is designed for developers and system… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Session manager and task runner for tmux written in Go launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Session manager for tmux. Load, freeze, and convert tmux sessions through YAML/JSON configuration files. Powered by libtmux. Quickstart Install and run your first command. Quickstart CLI Reference ...

    2017 · tmuxp.git-pull.com · its alternatives →

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    🖥️ Session manager for tmux, built on libtmux. Contribute to tmux-python/tmuxp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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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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    Tmux Plugin Manager. Contribute to tmux-plugins/tpm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The fastest workflow for developing with AI

    Aug 2026 · agent-manager.dev · its alternatives →

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    Intelligent tmux session management. Contribute to oxidane/tmuxomatic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Typed Python API for tmux. Control servers, sessions, windows, and panes as Python objects. Quickstart Install and make your first API call in 5 minutes. Quickstart Topics Architecture, traversal, ...

    2016 · libtmux.git-pull.com · its alternatives →

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    tmux.sh▲24

    A simple script to allow defaulting to grouped sessions - bsandrow/tmux.sh

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Task runner that helps you easily manage and invoke small scripts and wrappers - TekWizely/run

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    neovim plugin for turning neovim into terminal multiplexer - spywhere/tmux.nvim

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    shpool is a terminal session persistence tool developed internally at google to support remote workflows, which we have open sourced.

    2024 · 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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    Hey HN, Small OSS project that i created for myself and want to share with the community. It's a declarative, scriptable, terminal-based IDE focussed on agentic engineering. That's a lot of jargon, but essentially its a multi-agent IDE that you start in your terminal. Why is that relevant? Thanks to tmux and SSH, it means that you have a really simple and efficient way to create your own always-on coding setup. Boot into your IDE through ssh, give a prompt to claude and close off your machine. In tmux-ide claude will keep working. The tool is intentionally really lightweight, because I think…

    Mar 2026 · tmux.thijsverreck.com · its alternatives →

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    Author here. RMUX started from a frustration: I've used tmux for years and got tired of scraping output with grep and sleeps to automate anything. So I rebuilt the multiplexer from scratch in Rust, with a programmable layer on top. Two surfaces: a tmux-compatible CLI (~90 commands, your keybindings just work), and a typed async Rust SDK on the same daemon — stable pane IDs, structured snapshots, locator-style waits. The idea is Playwright-style automation, but for terminals. Native on Linux, macOS, Windows (real ConPTY, no WSL). Demos and docs at rmux.io. Happy to answer questions about the…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The `boring` SSH tunnel manager. Contribute to alebeck/boring development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.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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    ClawTab▲76

    Desktop app to manage 20+ AI coding agents at once

    Apr 2026 · clawtab.cc · its alternatives →

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    Start a tmux session with windows and keys suitable for scripting - SixArm/tmux-start

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been a tmux user for years. When I started running 5-10 Claude Code sessions in parallel, I tried the tools that are out there: Conductor, cmux, the GUI orchestrators. None of them felt right. They either wanted me to leave tmux entirely for a 100MB+ Electron app with its own editor and Git workflow, or they were thin wrappers that didn't solve the actual problem: I need to parallelize my entire development environment, agents, editors, servers, logs, and keep track of all of it. So I built jmux. It turns tmux into a parallel development environment. Every session, every agent, every…

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A native iOS client for remote tmux workspaces, designed to feel natural on iPhone. - h3nock/remux

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tax▲6

    The Prompt Task Manager

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TManager▲111

    Turn your calendar into a task manager

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal

    2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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