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dtach VS GNU Screen

Compare dtach VS GNU Screen and see what are their differences

dtach logo dtach

dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of screen, allowing you to run a program...

GNU Screen logo GNU Screen

Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several...
  • dtach Landing page
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    2023-09-15
  • GNU Screen Landing page
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    2021-07-31

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GNU Screen

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to dtach and GNU Screen)
SSH
40 40%
60% 60
Terminal Tools
39 39%
61% 61
Uptime Monitoring
44 44%
56% 56
Cloud Storage
100 100%
0% 0

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