Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Tmux plugin manager
Tmux Plugin Manager. Contribute to tmux-plugins/tpm development by creating an account on GitHub.
Tmux Plugin Manager is a tool for managing plugins in Tmux, a terminal multiplexer. It allows developers to easily install, update, and manage Tmux extensions through a centralized system. The tool is designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tmux plugin manager launched in 2015; 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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🖥️ 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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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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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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neovim plugin for turning neovim into terminal multiplexer - spywhere/tmux.nvim
2022 · github.com · 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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Session manager and task runner for tmux. Start your development environment within one command. - ivaaaan/smug
2022 · 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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sixel-tmux is a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics - csdvrx/sixel-tmux
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · cockpit.27ae60.com · its alternatives →
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agent-manager▲102The fastest workflow for developing with AI
Aug 2026 · agent-manager.dev · 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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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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tmux.sh▲24A simple script to allow defaulting to grouped sessions - bsandrow/tmux.sh
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A terminal TUI that leverage tmux to make managing terminal tabs easier and more friendly.
Jan 2026 · karlvmuller.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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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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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ClawTab▲76Desktop app to manage 20+ AI coding agents at once
Apr 2026 · clawtab.cc · its alternatives →
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Terminal multiplexer inspired by i3. Contribute to aaronjanse/3mux development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I needed to remote control a program (and read it’s output) while that tool should still be fully interactive for the user. Obviously there are things like tmux and more but they emulate an entire terminal. This is simpler in that it just sets up a pty and basic pipes or files to send stuff in and read from it.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PrettyMux▲73I built PrettyMux as a native Linux terminal workspace for multitask workflows and keeping track of my agents. It’s a GTK4 app built on Ghostty/libghostty, with split panes, workspaces, vertical tabs, notifications, project-aware tabs (shows favicons/logo automatically), and an in-app browser so terminals and docs/tools can live side by side. I started it because I wanted something tmux-like for modern GUI workflows on Linux, but native and not Electron, there is cmux but only available on macos (prettymux compiles on windows and macos too but not tested for now there) It’s…
Apr 2026 · prettymux.com · its alternatives →
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A Tmux plugin to open file links from the terminal in vim - artemave/tmux_super_fingers
2021 · github.com · 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 →
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