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tmux vs vtm: catalog facts
tmux	vtm
Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Sessions survive a dropped SSH connection Splits and windows without needing the terminal emulator to support them	Single executable with no separate install Windowed text desktop that wraps any CLI app
The prefix-key model takes a while to become automatic Configuration is terse and the manual page is dense	Window-style interface differs from familiar tmux workflows No packaged GitHub releases listed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: ISC	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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