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Tmux-manager – TUI for managing tmux sessions across remote servers

Tmux-manager – TUI for managing tmux sessions across remote servers

by charlie0077·Mar 8, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemNiche Gem

Tmux session manager beats SSH juggling, but existing tools cover this space.

Strengths
  • •Live session counts across servers in one view without SSH loops
  • •YAML-persisted server list with filter and remember-last-selection
  • •Clean Bubbletea TUI with intuitive Ctrl-Q detach workflow
Weaknesses
  • •Solves a niche pain point for users already deep in tmux workflows
  • •Terminal UIs for SSH management already exist (e.g., Teleport, bastion tools)
Target Audience

System administrators, DevOps engineers, developers managing multiple servers

Similar To

Teleport · Bastion · tmux-sessionizer

Post Description

I built a terminal UI for people who SSH into multiple servers and constantly juggle tmux sessions.

The workflow I kept doing manually: SSH into a box, tmux ls, attach or create a session, detach, repeat for the next server. With 5+ servers it gets tedious.

tmux-manager puts all your servers in a table, shows live session counts, and lets you attach/create/kill sessions without leaving your terminal. Ctrl-q detaches and drops you back to the TUI.

What it does: - Browse servers and their tmux session counts in one view - Drill into a server to view, attach, create, or kill sessions - Add/remove servers from inside the TUI (saved to YAML) - Filter by server name - Local tmux supported out of the box - Remembers your last selected server/session

Built with Go + Bubbletea.

Install: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charlie0077/tmux-manager/main/install.sh | sh

Repo: https://github.com/charlie0077/tmux-manager

Would love feedback — especially from people managing large fleets of servers.

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