5 alternatives to tmux
tmux/tmux — tmux source code (50,161 stars, ISC, infra).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 528 licence-cleared components from tmux/tmux itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obra/claude-session-driver | 1.5 | MIT | 113 |
| 2 | awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator | 4.8 | Apache-2.0 | 1,515 |
| 3 | altans/collie | 6.7 | MIT | 1,597 |
| 4 | alexei-led/ccgram | 7.0 | MIT | 279 |
| 5 | wainmann/agent-manager | 4.8 | Apache-2.0 | 639 |
The alternatives in detail
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Launch, control, and monitor other Claude Code sessions as workers via tmuxscore 1.5/10 · MIT permissive · 113 stars · 40 components · search them
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Multi-agent orchestration for AI coding CLIs — Claude Code, Kiro, Codex, and more, coordinated in isolated tmux sessionsscore 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 1,515 stars · 393 components · search them
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Herdr mobile client for iPhone and Android. A self-hosted PWA to drive Claude Code, Pi, Codex and OpenCode in Herdr, tmux or zellij from your phone. Push alerts, no app store.score 6.7/10 · MIT permissive · 1,597 stars · 1,310 components · search them
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Telegram ↔ tmux/herdr/agterm bridge for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Pi Agent. Monitor output, respond to prompts, manage parallel sessions. Control AI coding agents from your phone.score 7.0/10 · MIT permissive · 279 stars · 231 components · search them
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Terminal multiplexer for AI coding agents. Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and more side by side in one tmux TUI, with live status, worktrees and diff review. Discord: discord.gg/ecS88An7pFscore 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 639 stars · 530 components · search them
Licence data: JustClaw-It's per-repo licence policy. Is tmux still maintained? Check it. Licence details: licence checker. Ranking data from 2026-11-07T02:36:21Z.
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