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Rmux Review: Rust Terminal Multiplexer Built for AI Agents (opens in new tab)

Originally published on andrew.ooo — visit the original for any updates, code snippets that aged out, or follow-up posts. TL;DR Rmux is a from-scratch Rust rewrite of the terminal multiplexer idea, built specifically for the agentic era. It hit Show HN on May 21, 2026, posted by author shideneyu with the tagline "A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK" — and the framing landed. The pitch in one sentence: drop-in tmux compatibility (90 commands, your keybindings work),...

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