Welcome to tmux!
tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
This code can be compiled to run on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, OS X and Solaris.
apt install tmux
yum install tmux
brew install tmux
To build and install tmux from a release tarball, use:
$ ./configure && make
$ sudo make installtmux can use the utempter library to update utmp(5), if it is installed - run
configure --enable-utempter to enable this.
To get and build the latest from version control:
$ git clone https://github.com/tmux/tmux.git
$ cd tmux
$ sh autogen.sh
$ ./configure && makeAt least a working C compiler, make, autoconf, automake, pkg-config as well as libevent and ncurses libraries and headers.
tmux depends on libevent 2.x and ncurses.
For more information see http://git-scm.com. Patches should be sent by email to the mailing list at [email protected] or submitted through GitHub at https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues.
For documentation on using tmux, see the tmux.1 manpage. It can also be viewed from the source tree with:
$ nroff -mdoc tmux.1|lessSee a small example configuration in example_tmux.conf.
Check bash completion at: https://github.com/imomaliev/tmux-bash-completion
For debugging, running tmux with -v or -vv will generate server and client log
files in the current directory.
tmux mailing lists are available. For general discussion and bug reports:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-users
And for Git commit emails:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-git
Subscribe by sending an email to [email protected].
Bug reports, feature suggestions and especially code contributions are most welcome. Please send by email to:
This file and the CHANGES, FAQ, SYNCING and TODO files are licensed under the ISC license. All other files have a license and copyright notice at their start.
-- Nicholas Marriott [email protected]