.tmux VS zellij

Compare .tmux vs zellij and see what are their differences.

.tmux

🇫🇷 Oh my tmux! My self-contained, pretty & versatile tmux configuration made with ❤️ (by gpakosz)

zellij

A terminal workspace with batteries included (by mosaic-org)
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.tmux zellij
21 90
21,098 17,192
- 5.3%
7.1 9.4
18 days ago 6 days ago
Shell Rust
MIT License MIT License
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.tmux

Posts with mentions or reviews of .tmux. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.
  • Advice to be more efficient with the terminal?
    12 projects | /r/ExperiencedDevs | 27 Feb 2023
  • Why is that when I'm inside tmux $XDG-*-DESKTOP became unset?
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 6 Feb 2023
    No I didn't condigure any of it and I"m using oh my tmux conf.
  • What's the oldest version of tmux you're actively using?
    1 project | /r/tmux | 22 Jan 2023
    Oh my tmux! requires tmux 2.4+ and I would like to figure out what's oldest version of tmux people are actively using.
  • Guide to TMUX - Terminal That Remembers Everything
    1 project | dev.to | 5 Jan 2023
    Here's a good source for more in-depth tuning .tmux.conf
  • Getting Started with Tmux
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Dec 2022
    Looks like no one has mentioned https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux

    You still need to learn the basics but this lowers the learning curve a lot.

  • Help!
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 5 Nov 2022
    Totally! Lately (this last year or so) i am also using this on top of tmux https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux I don't knmow if you know it, its very close to the old configuration I worte myself, but with more colors :P
  • Emacs running under screen on a Mac, going underline-crazy, and driving me crazy
    1 project | /r/emacs | 20 Oct 2022
    To get started with a decent tmux setup, start here: https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux
  • Can you share your vim story?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 16 Oct 2022
    - [-] The journey has began at some time 2020 - [x] Getting boring with `atom`, `vscode`, `sublime`. Why? 1. Too slow on managing projects, each project takes **2GB** storage 2. `atom` and `vscode` are electron-based app, so it's heavy 3. Sublime is quite good, but heavily on indexing project's files - [x] Try `vim`, doing `vimtutorial`, getting struggled and ... struggled with the new ugly motions `hjkl` - [x] Few weeks passed, still getting struggled with vim - [x] Retried with `doom emacs`, but with vim bindings. Doom also supports many cool plugins - [x] Wao, `doom` is cool, project management is super cool, searching is blazing fast too - [x] Keep trying `doom`, for few weeks - [-] Then, getting boring with `doom`, it's basically emacs with vi-binding layer - [x] Retry `vim` with `bootstrap` [config](https://vim-bootstrap.com/) - [x] After ~2 months, the vim feeling is much better - [x] Add some plugins: `fzf`, session management, `grep/ack` search - [x] Add lsp [coc](https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim) - [x] Add/play with more plugins, yay yay yay !!! - [x] `tpope` plugins are such amazing - [x] Try `tmux`, hmm, quite good - [x] Use this awesome `tmux` [config](https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux) - [-] 2020-07-23 Start doing a personal dotfiles - [x] Keep using `vim` + `tmux` - [x] Move to `neovim` 0.4.0, then `0.5.0+` - [x] Start note-taking with `vimwiki`, then with other plugins - [-] Try `roam`, `obsidian` - [-] Stop using `vimwiki`, not sure what happened ??? Maybe boring mainly - [o] 2022-{01..06} Try other wiki tools, `taskwarrior`, `todoist`, and `orgmode` - [o] Still getting struggled on how to note-taking
  • I did a very stupid thing and I need to share/vent
    1 project | /r/archlinux | 14 Sep 2022
    And if you use tmux, https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux configures SSH integration for you.
  • Tmux hangs after SSH at git credential entry screen - pinentry-curses
    2 projects | /r/tmux | 20 Aug 2022
    I use this popular config. Running Ubuntu Server. I am using Git Credential Manager with pinentry-curses.

zellij

Posts with mentions or reviews of zellij. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing .tmux and zellij you can also consider the following projects:

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

tmux - tmux source code

nord-rofi-theme - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant rofi color theme.

wezterm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

catppuccin - 😸 Soothing pastel theme for the high-spirited!

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

spaceship-prompt - :rocket::star: Minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

TUI-ConsoleLauncher - Linux CLI Launcher for Android

vim-slime - A vim plugin to give you some slime. (Emacs)

starlark-rust - A Rust implementation of the Starlark language

Tmuxinator - Manage complex tmux sessions easily