Herdr Alternatives

Herdr is described as 'Manage multiple developer agents in real terminals, detach and reattach sessions anywhere, track agent status instantly, and control panes via keyboard or mouse' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Herdr for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Homebrew and Web-based apps. The best Herdr alternative is tmux, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Herdr are Warp Terminal, WezTerm, cmux and uniTerm.

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Herdr alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for Window Managers or SSH Clients you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Herdr.
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  1. Rumus icon
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    An AI-native terminal for developers. Manage servers, automate commands, and run agentic tasks — all in one beautifully designed, cross-platform workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. ShellGPT icon
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    A command-line productivity tool powered by AI large language models like GPT-5, will help you accomplish your tasks faster and more efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Python
     
  3. itmux icon
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    itmux is a packaging of Tmux, Mintty, OpenSSH client and Cygwin to offer a standalone ssh-enabled terminal multiplexer for Windows systems.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Whai is a lightweight AI terminal assistant that integrates directly into your native shell and workflow. The philosophy of whai is to supplement your normal terminal usage without taking control. You don't have to start a chat loop, alt-tab or copy paste.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  5. TmuxAI icon
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    TmuxAI is an intelligent terminal assistant that lives inside your tmux sessions. Unlike other CLI AI tools, TmuxAI observes and understands the content of your tmux panes, providing assistance without requiring you to change your workflow or interrupt your terminal sessions.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Homebrew
     
  6.  1 like

    shpool is a service that enables session persistence by allowing the creation of named shell sessions owned by shpool so that the session is not lost if the connection drops. shpool can be thought of as a lighter weight alternative to tmux or GNU screen.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
     
  7. Wemux icon
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    wemux - Multi-User Tmux Made Easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8.  1 like

    Twin is a windowing environment with mouse support, window manager, terminal emulator and networked clients, all inside a text display.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. mtm icon
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    Perhaps the smallest useful terminal multiplexer in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. dtach icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. abduco icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12.  Like

    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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