A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust



There are many alternatives to tmux for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac Terminal Emulator alternative is WezTerm, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to tmux and four of them are Terminal Emulators available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Terminal Emulator alternatives to tmux are byobu, Zellij and Waffle Terminal.
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust



Byobu is a GPLv3 open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer. It was originally designed to provide elegant enhancements to the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen , for the Ubuntu server distribution.

Zellij is a terminal workspace. It has the base functionality of a terminal multiplexer (similar to tmux or screen) but includes many built-in features that would allow users to extend it and create their own personalized environment.


Automatically tiles and organizes all terminal sessions in one native macOS window, scaling layouts from fullscreen to grid, grouping sessions by project with color-coding, enabling instant filtering, supporting any CLI tool, and requiring zero configuration.

byobu uses tmux as a back-end. It's literally just alternative keybindings and a predefined status bar. It's tmux configuration, not tmux replacement.