vim-tmux-navigator VS tmux

Compare vim-tmux-navigator vs tmux and see what are their differences.

vim-tmux-navigator

Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits (by christoomey)

tmux

tmux source code (by tmux)
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vim-tmux-navigator tmux
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4,806 32,600
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4.0 8.3
3 months ago 3 days ago
Vim Script C
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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vim-tmux-navigator

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-tmux-navigator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-27.
  • How would I get the name of the program running in the window that zellij run was ran in?
    2 projects | /r/zellij | 27 Nov 2023
    I'm a tmux migrant and wanted functionality similar to tmux-navigator for vim. In short, it lets me bind the same key combination to change vim splits and tmux scripts that either switch panes or forward the input to the vim plugin that does one of the other. Say you have an empty pane, a pane with vim with two splits and a third pane pane all in a line. The first time the user wants to move focus, vim is not running so the script simply moves focus in tmux. The scond time the user presses the bind, it's passed to vim and the vim plugin sees you have a split to move to so you move focus between splits. The third press the plugin realizes that there are no more panes, so it moves you to the final tmux pane.
  • termux style🖤
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Apr 2023
    For example, the killer plugin in tmux for me would be vim-tmux-navigator which allows you to switch seemlessly between Vim and tmux. The reason why you would want this is because tmux is a better option than using Vim's built-in terminal.
  • wow: Tmux navigation works out-of-the-box!
    3 projects | /r/AstroNvim | 8 Feb 2023
  • Plugin for following logs?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Jan 2023
    Might I suggest tmux? You'd get all you needed and there is a nice plugin https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator that lets you set up a single layer of movement keys (i use ctrl-h/j/k/l) to move around between both nvim splits and tmux splits.
  • using nvim + tmux
    6 projects | /r/neovim | 10 Jan 2023
    To begin, you should check out tmux plugins manger/tpm, which will feel pretty familiar if you're used to working with nvim plugins. Once you have that up and running you can plug vim-tmux-navigator, which allows you to move smoothly through tmux and nvim panes using ctrl-h/j/k/l. There are various other tmux plugins that are super-useful for customizing your tmux workspace.
  • Getting Started with Tmux
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Dec 2022
    Tmux becomes more awesome when you use something like Alacritty or Kitty and map your system's key (Apple's command key or... whatever it would be on Linux or Windows) and use that as your "tmux key". That way you can make single-chord bindings for all things tmux and life becomes better. If you use Vim, adding VimTmuxNavigator[0] improves things so much. For example, to seemlessly switch between panes, be they tmux panes or vim panes, I use `cmd-h`, `cmh-j`, `cmd-k`, `cmd-l`.

    It's possible to achieve "command as tmux key" with iTerm which I did do for years but I don't recommend it. It's very hacky.

    [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

  • Why is Tmux better than neovim's built-in terminal?
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Nov 2022
    To simplify the commands to navigate between windows, you can use https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator - then you can seamlessly move between terminals and neovim panes with the same shortcut. Moving windows is still different.
  • Leap.nvim: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse
    27 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2022
  • Software development veteran who's always used vim -- should I be using tmux?
    6 projects | /r/tmux | 3 Oct 2022
    https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator or
  • What took the longest to get use to?!
    2 projects | /r/vim | 25 Sep 2022
    I use tmux all the time and I'm in vim most of the time too. They completely integrate with eachother with vim-tmux-navigator. Use the same keybinding to move across tmux panes and vim and vim splits.

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 2024-03-18.
  • Easy Access to Terminal Commands in Neovim using FTerm
    6 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024
    Having a common set of tools already set up in different windows or sessions in Tmux or Zellij is obviously an option, but there is a subset of us ( 👋 ) that would rather just have fingertip access to our common tools inside of our editor.
  • Zellij – A terminal workspace with batteries included (tmux alternative)
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2024
    After having spent too much time trying to get the simple https://github.com/csdvrx/sixel-tmux/ features into mainline tmux (last November https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/3753), maybe it'd be easier to jump ship as use zellij?

    Could anyone offer recommendations on "riced" zellij configuations, or just a demo where it shows doing with (say charts of disk usage per folder), watching a movie with mpv + keeping a vim to type on?

  • Automating the startup of a dev workflow
    2 projects | dev.to | 2 Jan 2024
    Well, I now use tmux and tmuxinator. I have had many failed tmux attempts over the years, but I'm firmly bedded in now.
  • Clipboards, Terminals, and Linux
    4 projects | dev.to | 28 Dec 2023
    Which leads me to clipboards. Linux has two of them! Adding to the interest, I typically use Neovim remotely, via an SSH connection to a Tmux session. And on my Linux system, I use urxvt as my terminal program. All of these are very UNIX-y tools, and somehow they all need to play nicely together.
  • Connecting Debugger to Rails Applications
    4 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
    The downside of overmind is that it requires tmux, which is a terminal multiplexer tool. If you don't already use tmux, I'd say it's probably not worth learning it just for the purposes of using overmind. But if you're like me and already know/use tmux, this can be a great solution to pursue.
  • Enchula Mi Consola
    11 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
  • Pimp your CLI
    13 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
    As a developer, the command line is one of the tools you will be using most frequently. It can be intimidating to venture into the world of CLI tooling but I can assure you it is one of the most rewarding experiences too. In this post I want to walk ya'll through my personal CLI setup. It is based on 3 technologies which I'll coin as the "Holy Trinity" of the command line: TMUX, ZSH, & Neovim.
  • Day 5 - More or less...
    3 projects | /r/linuxupskillchallenge | 7 Dec 2023
    After that, you can go up a notch and try to have several shell sessions open at the same time in the same terminal window with a terminal multiplexer. Try screen - that's a little simpler and maybe too terse in the beginning - or tmux, that have many features and colors. There are so much material out there on "how to customize your tmux", have fun.
  • How would you work effectively with an extremely slow 56Kbps connection?
    12 projects | /r/linux | 5 Dec 2023
    A few days ago I made a suggestion to work around any possible issues but it's up to the main tmux maintainer to decide what to do.
  • NeoVim Capability Functions
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Nov 2023
    For splitting the terminal you could try either toggleterm or tmux. If you want to send things from one tmux pane to another, then you can use slime. For a toggle-able filetree, you can use nvim tree.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-tmux-navigator and tmux you can also consider the following projects:

zellij - A terminal workspace with batteries included

kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

tilix - A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+ 3

toggleterm.nvim - A neovim lua plugin to help easily manage multiple terminal windows

i3 - A tiling window manager for X11

tmux.nvim - A tiny plugin for seamless switching between vim splits and tmux panes

Mosh - Mobile Shell

emacs-theme-gruvbox - Gruvbox is a retro groove color scheme for Emacs. Port of the Vim version.

LDWin - Link Discovery for Windows

fish-shell - The user-friendly command line shell.

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

LazyVim - Neovim config for the lazy