Intro

Intro

Keep shells alive across disconnects, split panes, and share sessions. tmux is the usual default; screen remains common on older hosts.

Commands in this part

Command	Role
tmux	tmux is a terminal multiplexer: multiple windows and panes inside detachable sessions that survive SSH disconnects.
screen	screen is the classic terminal multiplexer: detachable sessions that survive hangups.
byobu	The byobu command is a text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.
tmate	tmate is a fork of tmux focused on instant terminal sharing.
abduco	abduco is a minimal session attach/detach tool: it runs a process under a controlling terminal session you can…

Suggested starting points

1. Daily driver: tmux (sessions, windows, panes).
2. Legacy hosts: screen.
3. Convenience wrappers: byobu.
4. Remote pair/share: tmate; minimal attach tools: abduco.

Related parts

• Networking — ssh into the host first
• Processes and jobs — reattach instead of losing long jobs
• Shell commands — history inside each pane

Continue with the individual command pages in this part.