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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 Hart7 min read
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Notes on tmux, terminals and agents that finish while you're out.
Working guides rather than announcements. Everything here is something we needed to figure out ourselves.
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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 Okonkwo7 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 Hart7 min read
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tmux plugins: TPM, and the five worth installing
TPM installs tmux plugins via prefix + I; the real shortlist is tmux-resurrect, tmux-continuum, tmux-sensible, vim-tmux-navigator and tmux-yank.
Ivo Hart6 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 Hart8 min read
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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 team6 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 team6 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 team6 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 Okonkwo6 min read
agents
Stop babysitting your AI coding agent
A long agent run fails in four distinct ways and only one of them is success — here's why exit codes can't tell them apart, and what actually can.
Nadia Okonkwo7 min read
agents
Codex CLI notifications: the notify hook and its blind spot
Codex CLI's notify hook fires when a turn completes but stays silent on approval prompts — the real config, and a wrapper script that covers the gap.
Nadia Okonkwo6 min read
tmux
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 Hart6 min read
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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 Okonkwo6 min read
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tmux new session: create, name and start detached
Run tmux new -s name to create a named tmux session, or add -d to start it detached in the background without attaching to it.
Ivo Hart6 min read
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