Zellij

Zellij is a terminal multiplexer and workspace manager designed for both beginners and advanced users. Floating and stacked panels offer personal automation through layout and an add-on system with WebAssembly support. It also includes a built-in web client and can be installed directly from package managers or with Cargo.

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zellij-org · Modern CLI & Rust Tools

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VERSIONv0.9.0
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RustTerminal MultiplexerTmux Alt.MIT
What can it do?
  • You manage terminal windows with floating (floating) and stacked (stacked) panels.
  • With Layout, you can personalize and automate your own workspace.
  • With WebAssembly-based plugins, you can expand the vehicle's capabilities.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (1,936)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer

    “This looks incredible to someone who's always had an eye for tmux but not the energy to spend two weeks memorizing keybindings. As a side note, does anyone know why it fails to load the separators in the status bar on WSL? I've got a proper font installed and even emojis work.…”

  • • NeutralHacker News

    Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

    “You've got my attention with the sixel support. I use screen quite heavily, but I'm open to switching for something like that. I think I use screen in an unusual way, I know a few keyboard shortcuts but 99% of the time I use the command line. If you press Ctrl-A :, you get a…”

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