Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to tmux

Product categories

Blockchain Cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrency Wallets Developer Tools Emulators Programming Remote PC Access SSH Server Configuration And Automation Server Management Terminal Terminal Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to tmux are iTerm2, wezterm, and Oh My Zsh. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

iTerm2 Landing Page
1

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions
wezterm Landing Page
2

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions
Oh My Zsh Landing Page
3

Oh My Zsh

A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 59 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
4

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions
Windows Terminal Landing Page
5

Windows Terminal

A new command line interface for Windows machines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions
Hyper Landing Page
6

Hyper

Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 42 social mentions
Termux Landing Page
7

Termux

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions
fish shell Landing Page
8

fish shell

The friendly interactive shell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Cryptocurrencies #Programming 124 social mentions
ConEmu Landing Page
9

ConEmu

ConEmu-Maximus5 is a full-featured local terminal for Windows devs, admins and users. Get better console window with tabs, splits, Quake style, copy+paste, DosBox and PuTTY integration, and much more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions
picocli Landing Page
10

picocli

Application and Data, Languages & Frameworks, and Shell Utilities
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Programming #Software Development 19 social mentions
Extraterm Landing Page
11

Extraterm

The swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 14 social mentions
zsh Landing Page
12

zsh

The Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cryptocurrencies #Blockchain #Developer Tools 1 social mentions