Do you want a powerful, flexible, and automated terminal experience?

Let me introduce you to tmux. It’s one of the most important tool for my Mouseless Development Environment. If you never heard about it, fear not! This article will explain the core ideas:

• What’s tmux and why you should care about it.
• How to configure tmux, step by step.
• What are the best tmux plugins out there.
• How to automate the creation of tmux sessions.

To get a maximum from this article, I advise you to open tmux while reading it, and try the many commands and tmux config we’ll discuss. You can also create your own cheatsheet with the commands we’ll see today. They’ll be easier to memorize if you write them, and you’ll have a personalized reference when your memory will fail you.