monsterwm vs tmux

Monsterwm has built-in Xinerama support for multiple monitors.

Monsterwm has floating window support, made possible by entering floating mode when re-sizing windows.

As long as you don't close your session, you may even lose your SSH connection, it'll keep your state just as it was. So you can resume where you left off (via tmux attach).

As a tiling window manager, it'll make use of all the space. As you have multiple workspaces and you can resize, etc. you can adjust to see what matters most.

There is a keyboard shortcut that makes it easy to split a window and create more panes.

Mouse support can optionally be enabled, allowing e.g. scrolling with the mouse wheel, or switching panes with mouse clicks.

tmux calls the individual shell instances windows. They are displayed like tabs in the status line. These windows can be shared between different sessions, so that any given shell instance can be in any number of tmux sessions used for different purposes or by different users. This allows configurations like the following example: User A: wAB, wA1, wA2; User B: wB1, wAB, wB2

Open ~/.tmux.conf to get started. You can customize keybindings, the bottom status bar, color schemes, the clock screen, your time zone, and more.

Tmux is in a state of constant development. Updates are frequent and bug reports usually get an answer within days.