ZOC Terminal vs tmux

ZOC has a modern design.

It's an actual terminal emulator (in the sense that it emulates a terminal) and not just a local console window app.

Zoc provides complete automation of the client using its macro scripting.

Originally developed for OS/2 (as Zap-O-Comm), Zoc is currently available for Windows and Macintosh.

Offers a thumbnail view of all session in thumbnails and type commands to all sessions at the same time.

In addition to telnet, ssh, and rlogin, ZOC supports direct serial connections, modem dialing, and named pipes.

Tabbed sessions mean that multiple items can be contained within a single window and can be easily navigated by the user.

Zoc allows for every UI component except the title bar to be hidden. All features are accessible through the context menu.

Feature to search for text bits in the data stream and highlight them with color/background.

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

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

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.

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

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

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