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tmux commands: the cheat sheet you'll actually remember
The tmux commands worth memorising, grouped by what you are trying to do: sessions, windows, panes, copy mode and scripting.
Ivo Hart9 min read
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Notes on tmux, terminals and working away from the desk.
Working guides rather than announcements. Everything here is something we needed to figure out ourselves.
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Claude Code sound when done: alerts that actually play
The exact commands to make Claude Code play a sound when it finishes or needs you — afplay, paplay, PowerShell, the WSL crossing, and two distinct tones.
Ivo Hart8 min read
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Coding agent notifications: which CLI tells you what
Claude Code, Codex CLI and Gemini CLI each signal done and blocked differently. Four layers can page you, and not all of them survive tmux.
Nadia Okonkwo10 min read
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Terminal notifications: Warp, iTerm2, Ghostty and tmux
How Warp, iTerm2, Ghostty and Windows Terminal raise notifications for coding agents — and why tmux swallows OSC 9 until you allow passthrough.
Ivo Hart8 min read
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tmux notifications: activity, bell and silence alerts
tmux can watch a pane for output, a bell or silence and run any command when it fires — the config, the hooks, and how to route one to your phone.
Ivo Hart9 min read
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ttyd vs wetty: which web terminal should you run?
ttyd spawns any command and ships read-only by default. wetty tunnels over SSH and has no read-only mode. The differences that decide it, with real flags.
The mtmux team9 min read
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tmux and vim: seamless splits, fast Escape, copy-paste
vim-tmux-navigator crosses Ctrl-h/j/k/l between vim splits and tmux panes; escape-time 10 fixes Neovim's laggy Escape key. Config for both.
Nadia Okonkwo8 min read
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tmux ssh: fixing broken pipe and dropped sessions
tmux over SSH keeps a job running through a dropped connection. The pattern is ssh host -t 'tmux attach || tmux new', plus keepalives for broken pipe.
Ivo Hart8 min read
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tmux plugins: TPM, and the six worth installing
TPM installs tmux plugins via prefix + I; the shortlist is tmux-resurrect, tmux-continuum, tmux-sensible, vim-tmux-navigator, tmux-yank and floax.
Ivo Hart8 min read
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tmux from your phone: the modifier key problem
A native SSH app, a web terminal, or a purpose-built client can reach tmux from a phone — the real obstacle is Ctrl-b on a screen with no keyboard.
Ivo Hart7 min read
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tmux on Mac: Homebrew, iTerm2, and the clipboard setup
Install tmux on macOS with Homebrew, fix pbcopy clipboard integration, and decide whether iTerm2's tmux -CC control mode is worth using for your setup.
Nadia Okonkwo6 min read
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tmux tutorial for beginners: sessions, windows, panes
A start-to-finish tmux tutorial: the server/session/window/pane model, your first split, detaching and reattaching, and a minimal config that sticks.
Ivo Hart9 min read
comparisons
tmate alternative: for your own sessions, not pairing
tmate is the best tool for sharing a terminal for ten minutes. This covers the different job: reaching your own sessions continuously, from your devices.
The mtmux team7 min read
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Installing tmux: apt, dnf, pacman, apk, and from source
Install tmux with apt, dnf, pacman or apk, then check tmux -V — several distros ship a version too old for features like display-popup or true color.
The mtmux team7 min read
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tmux in a browser: three ways that actually work
ttyd or wetty behind your own reverse proxy, tmate's web link, or a purpose-built client — the real setup, trade-offs, and an actual ttyd + nginx recipe.
The mtmux team7 min read
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tmux on Windows: WSL2, Git Bash, and what actually works
There is no native Windows build of tmux. WSL2 is the practical option; Git Bash and Cygwin exist but neither runs tmux well. Here is the real setup.
Nadia Okonkwo7 min read
agents
Stop babysitting your AI coding agent
A long agent run ends in four distinct ways and only one is success — why exit codes can't tell them apart, and what reading the pane gets you instead.
Nadia Okonkwo8 min read
agents
Codex CLI notifications: the notify hook and its blind spot
Codex CLI's notify hook only fires on turn completion. The real config, how to make Codex ding when it is waiting on you, and a wrapper for the gap.
Nadia Okonkwo10 min read
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tmux attach session: tmux a, -d, and the resize problem
tmux attach -t name reattaches to a session by name; tmux a is shorthand for the most recent one. Use -d to detach other clients first.
Ivo Hart7 min read
agents
Claude Code notifications: the Stop and Notification hooks
Claude Code fires Stop and Notification hooks you can wire to a sound, a desktop alert, or a push — the real config, and where each stops helping.
Nadia Okonkwo8 min read
tmux
tmux new session: create, name and start detached
tmux new -s name creates a named session and attaches. Add -d to start it detached, -c for its directory, and -A to create it only if it doesn't exist.
Ivo Hart10 min read
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