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that's pretty nice, but did you try cmux.com

That's a totally different thing. Native macOS app vs portable terminal multiplexer. My main use case for tmux is detaching and re-attaching to a session on a remote server, for which it's extremely useful.

That's what I tell people who keep telling me to try cmux. It's false advertising to say it's like tmux. No, Zellij, sure. But not this. I will hold onto tmux forever and you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

I've been building a tmux wrapper that is similar you might be interested in. https://jmux.build

what does it add over screen which i don't even need to install?

If screen crashes you lose the sessions, Tmux maintains state.

Screen does not have UTF8 support, tmux does.

Otherwise just a bunch of more sane original defaults in tmux to make things much familiar.

In 2026 if given a choice between screen and tmux to use/learn, most are going to go with tmux.


> Screen does not have UTF8 support, tmux does.

“‘-U’

Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your terminal sends and understands UTF-8 encoded characters. It also sets the default encoding for new windows to ‘utf8’.”

— <https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Invok...>

“Command: defutf8 state

(none) Same as the ‘utf8’ command except that the default setting for new windows is changed. Initial setting is on if screen was started with ‘-U’, otherwise off.”

— <https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Chara...>


Which does not work correctly for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, I think Thai, and a few more with somewhat ambiguous character widths.

This can lead to ghost characters that aren't shown, overlapping characters, etc.

It was an attempt to bolt on UTF8 support, but it's not great.


cmux? I don't know and it's not even a good comparison.

tmux? https://www.google.com/search?q=tmux+vs+screen


OP doesn't seem to be on Mac

Even if they are, cmux isn't an alternative to tmux, as it can't attach to/detach from sessions, which is usually the whole reason to use tmux.

iTerm2 gives you that then. I use it every day at work. Idk why there's no equivalent for Linux.

hm, seems i misunderstood something

yea yea yea, purchase every last company you find, no one wants OpenAI

built something similar for Linux/Mac and from the mobile too https://saltserv.com/posts/cura-sysadmin-server-monitoring-a...

which can be the difference between losing that entire amount or gaining it, and in this situation with this America, this is a big win if they manage to get it back in fact, if it hasn't been stolen or sold already

this is not that first step towards your dream

not the first, won't be the last

youtube is good when there's adblockers


Hi Nick, your software is a horrendous encroachment on users' privacy and its quality is subpar to those of us who know what we're working with. We don't use your product here.


> Hi Nick, your software is a horrendous encroachment on users' privacy and its quality is subpar to those of us who know what we're working with. We don't use your product here.

It’s ok, OpenAI is cooked.

Feel bad for anyone who joined OAI in the past 12 months. Their RSU ain’t going to be worth much later this year. IPO is too late.


false headline, static map, bullshit app


The data behind the app is pretty solid, but lightningmaps.org has a much better visualization (based on the same data).


i'll keep the cancer


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