What are the best tmux wrappers?

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Best tmux wrappers	Price	License	Languages
-- tmuxp	-	MIT	Python
-- tmuxinator	-	BSD	Ruby

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tmuxp

Top Pro

Save existing session layouts exactly as they are into their own session config files

Called session freezing - this can be saved into json or YAML (which is compatible with tmuxinator) See More

Top Con

No listing feature

tmuxinator has a popular list feature which isn't available to see what sessions you have ready to load. This could be easily fixed with a simple script to ls the session folder but it should be built in. See More

Doug Bromley's Experience

tmuxp is the fastest tmux wrapper I've used and the devs are more responsive than the tmuxinator ones. See More

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License:MIT

Languages:Python

Multi Language Support:YAML, JSON

Top Pro

Pre-Commands

In the session config files you can add a config variable for pre-commands. Before a window or pane is shown a script/command is run beforehand. E.g. setting up virtualenv, vagrant provisioning, etc See More

Top Pro

Two config languages

Configs for sessions can be saved as YAML or JSON with an easy convertor built in. See More

Top Pro

Easy Import of other configs

Can easily import configs from tmuxinator or teamocli to get up & running quick. See More

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tmuxinator

Top Pro

Simple commands list

The command list is really simple: list, new, start, etc. Making the app easy to pick up for new users. See More

Top Con

Hasn't changed in a long time

Nothing seems to change or be added. See More

Josh Brown's Experience

Its easy to use and pick up with lots of articles on usage. See More

Specs

License:BSD

Languages:Ruby

Supported languages:YAML

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Most popular tmux wrapper

Its the one everyone uses. See More

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Written in Ruby

Makes it easy to contribute to and maintain. See More

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What are the best tmux wrappers?

2 Options Considered

tmuxp

My Recommendation for tmuxp

My Recommendation for tmuxp

Save existing session layouts exactly as they are into their own session config files

No listing feature

Pre-Commands

Two config languages

Easy Import of other configs

tmuxinator

My Recommendation for tmuxinator

My Recommendation for tmuxinator

Simple commands list

Hasn't changed in a long time

Most popular tmux wrapper

Written in Ruby

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