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tmux is a terminal multiplexer for creating, accessing, and controlling multiple terminals from one screen. A session can be detached, continue in the background, and be reattached later.
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Create multiple terminal sessions and keep them detached
It controls multiple terminals from a single screen and lets active work continue in the background after detaching. Reattaching returns to the same session, which supports long-running processes and remote work.
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For persistent SSH and parallel terminal work
It fits workflows that switch between shells and logs, keep processes alive across connection loss, or favor a keyboard-driven terminal environment. A small example configuration and the manpage provide starting points for shaping the workflow.
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Check package freshness and source-build dependencies
Operating-system binary packages can be outdated. Source builds require libevent 2.x, ncurses, a C compiler, make, pkg-config, and a yacc implementation; builds from version control also add autoconf and automake. Usage documentation primarily lives in the tmux.1 manpage.
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Official sources
- [1]tmux README(2026-09-13)
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Selected as a durable project that separates GitHub and distribution README roles despite missing its primary keyword and all topics in repository metadata.
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- 49,210
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- 486
- Open issues
- 15
- Contributors
- 25
- Primary language
- C
- License
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- Repository last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
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