tmux VS fzf

The hard part is the hand-off. I tried three using a shared tmux session and a filesystem via handoff file, and with an ACP (Agent Communication Protocol):

tmux is still hard to beat when you need persistent terminal sessions, panes, and project workspaces.

This tutorial provides a practical introduction to TMUX and how you can use tmuxinator to easily set up terminal dashboards with logs and shell sessions for your docker compose projects.

tmux official GitHub repository

tmux/tmux

Combining tmux with Ghostty unlocks Agent Teams split-pane mode, plus:

tmux GitHub

tmux is the terminal multiplexer — it lets you run persistent, multi-pane terminal sessions that survive disconnects. If you close your laptop and come back, your tmux sessions are still running.

Please please stop spamming up arrow to find that command you ran. Instead you can make this so much simpler with fzf.

fzf – Fuzzy Finder is like a command-line version of Everything, an essential Windows search tool.

Shell: I use Zsh with zinit, Powerlevel10k, zoxide, and fzf. I still use a bunch of aliases for Git, Docker, package management, Jekyll, and local AI tools.

Once commands are saved somewhere, the next problem is finding things fast. That is where fzf earns its reputation.

If you use fzf, these functions become incredibly useful:

junegunn/fzf

fzf — command-line fuzzy finder

I tried atuin and then switched back to fzf[0]. It's less features but that's not necessarily a negative.

[0]https://github.com/junegunn/fzf