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tmux

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Summary

tmux is a terminal multiplexer[1]. tmux draws 1,763 Wikipedia views per month (terminal multiplexer category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: free software[4]
  • Copyright license: ISC license[5], BSD licenses[6]
  • Programmed in: C[7]
  • Operating system: GNU[8], GNU/Linux[9], FreeBSD[10], NetBSD[11], OpenBSD[12], Solaris[13], IBM AIX[14], macOS[15]
  • Software version identifier: 0.8[16], 0.9[17], 1.0[18], 1.1[19], 1.2[20], 1.3[21], 1.4[22], 1.5[23], 1.6[24], 1.7[25], 1.8[26], 1.9[27], 1.9a[28], 2.0[29]
  • Has use: terminal multiplexer[30]
  • Commons category: Tmux[31]
  • Publication date: July 9, 2007[32]
  • Official website: https://tmux.github.io/[33], https://tmux.github.io[34]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/tmux/tmux[35]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: ncurses[36]
  • Depends on software: libevent[37], ncurses[38]
  • Software quality assurance: continuous integration[39]

Why It Matters

tmux has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] tmux is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

FreeBSD free software GNU IBM AIX macOS OpenBSD United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . directory.fsf.org. Retrieved . directory.fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · MichielN · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Slackbuilds package → system/tmux
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +42
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.8"
  2. 18d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://tmux.github.io/, https://tmux.github.io
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'id', 'j
    P14655 → tmux
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14655: tmux, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300153147|tmux (#300153147)]] for {{P|14655}}"
  3. 21d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +42
    Alpine linux package → tmux
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: tmux, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324926542|tmux (#324926542)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'"
  4. 15w ago · MichielN · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +42
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.7b"
  5. 15w ago · S8321414 · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +42
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.7"
  6. 16w ago · S8321414 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Depends on → —
    Software quality assurance → continuous integration
    License → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.6b"
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