I’m writing an ebook version of the Tao of tmux

In plain words

The Tao of tmux is an ebook guide to the tmux terminal multiplexer, expanded from an original introduction written for the tmuxp documentation. The book covers tmux fundamentals and usage for developers and command-line users. It is available to read free online during development, with pre-orders available through Leanpub, Amazon Kindle, and iTunes, with a planned December 2016 release.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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In the maker’s words, at launch

A couple of years ago, I written an intro to tmux (https://tmux.github.io/) inside tmuxp's (https://github.com/tony/tmuxp) documentation called The Tao of tmux (https://tmuxp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about_tmux.html). I'm in the process of turning it into a…

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