tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
Features that differentiate tmux from GNU Screen are:
- menus for interactive selection of running sessions, windows or clients
- window can be linked to an arbitrary number of sessions
- vi-like or Emacs command mode (with auto completion) for managing tmux
- lack of built-in serial and telnet clients
- different configuration language
- different command keys—it is not a drop-in replacement for screen
For more information have a look at the project page of tmux.
