Tmux

Tmux decouples your terminal session from the window. Detach, go home, SSH in, attach, and your cursor is exactly where you left it. v3.5 adds extended keys.

When to Use

• Terminal Session Persistence: Keeping background jobs, tests, and servers running across SSH disconnects and laptop restarts.
• Complex Split-Pane Workspaces: Organizing multi-window terminals with synchronized panes, log tailing, and editor buffers.
• Remote Pair Programming: Sharing a live terminal session with remote teammates over SSH with zero latency.
• Scripted Environment Automation: Bootstrapping reproducible development environments using tmuxinator or custom bash scripts.

Quick Start

1. Minimal ~/.tmux.conf