Tmux-IDE, OSS agent-first terminal IDE
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…
Tmux-IDE, OSS agent-first terminal IDE launched on March 18, 2026 with 88 votes, #542 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Tmux-IDE is a terminal-based integrated development environment designed for multi-agent coding workflows. Built as a lightweight, open-source project, it enables developers to run AI agents like Claude in persistent sessions accessible over SSH and tmux, allowing coding tasks to continue running after the user disconnects. The tool uses a declarative, scriptable approach and is intended for engineers working with agentic systems who want efficient, always-on remote development setups.
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From the sources
Give coding agents a dedicated tmux workspace with memorable names, live status, exact pane navigation, terminal-native controls, durable sessions, and SSH support.
Build, coordinate, and navigate a team of coding agents from one agent-aware communication plane. See what every agent is doing and jump directly to the one that needs you. A clear three-step loop replaces terminal hunting with a workspace the whole team can understand. New agents and panes get human names such as talented-toucan and warm-redwood. Rename them at any time, then use those names when people and agents coordinate work. Working, idle, attention, and done states appear in the sidebar and pane chrome, so a multi-agent workspace remains readable without opening every terminal. Click an agent or choose it from the keyboard. tmux-ide resolves the exact session, window, and pane…from tmux.thijsverreck.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
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…
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