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tmux

Terminal multiplexer: persistent sessions, windows and panes.

CLIOpen source

Lets you split the terminal into panes, keep sessions alive after disconnecting and resume them later, widely used on servers over SSH.

When to use

To keep terminal sessions alive on remote servers and organize panes and windows.

When to avoid

If your terminal already has enough tabs and splits and you don't use SSH.

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