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tmux

Summary

tmux is a terminal multiplexer[1]. tmux draws 4,364 Wikipedia views per month (terminal_multiplexer category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • tmux is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • tmux's instance of is recorded as terminal multiplexer[4].
  • tmux's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • tmux's copyright license is recorded as ISC license[6].
  • tmux's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[7].
  • tmux's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[8].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as GNU[9].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[10].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[11].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as Q34225[12].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD[13].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as Solaris[14].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as IBM AIX[15].
  • tmux's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8[17].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9[18].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[19].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1[20].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[21].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3[22].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[23].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5[24].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6[25].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7[26].
  • tmux's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8[27].

Body

Publication

tmux was released on July 9, 2007[28].

Why It Matters

tmux draws 4,364 Wikipedia views per month (terminal_multiplexer category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] tmux has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] tmux is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

FreeBSD free software GNU IBM AIX macOS OpenBSD United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://tmux.github.io/, https://tmux.github.io
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'id', 'j
    P14655 → tmux
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14655]]: tmux, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300153147|tmux (#300153147)]] for {{P|14655}}"
  2. 8d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +41
    Alpine linux package → tmux
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9045]]: tmux, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324926542|tmux (#324926542)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'n'"
  3. 13w ago · MichielN · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +41
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 3.7b"
  4. 13w ago · S8321414 · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 +41
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 3.7"
  5. 14w ago · S8321414 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Depends on → —
    Software quality assurance → continuous integration
    License → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 3.6b"
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