Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux


boo is described as 'A GNU screen style terminal multiplexer built on libghostty (libghostty-vt), written in Zig' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to boo for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Rust and Nix Package Manager apps. The best boo alternative is tmux, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like boo are Herdr, WezTerm, GNU Screen and RMUX.


dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of screen, allowing you to run a program in an environment that is protected from the controlling terminal and attach to it later. dtach does not keep track of the contents of the screen, and thus works best with programs...
abduco provides session management i.e. it allows programs to be run independently from their controlling terminal. That is programs can be detached - run in the background - and then later reattached. Together with dvtm it provides a simpler and cleaner alternative to tmux or...