dustinkirkland/byobu

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1700 stars · 140 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Byobu is a GPLv3 text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer that wraps tmux or GNU Screen with enhanced profiles, keybindings, and toggleable system status notifications. It works on most Linux, BSD, and macOS systems and is written primarily in Python.

Use cases

• manage multiple terminal sessions over ssh
• keep shell sessions running after disconnecting
• add a status bar with system stats to my terminal
• split my terminal into panes
• enhance tmux with better keybindings and profiles
• run a persistent devops environment on a remote server

When to choose

• you live in the terminal and want a friendlier tmux or screen experience
• you need persistent remote shell sessions with session sharing and status notifications
• you want a preconfigured multiplexer that works across Linux, BSD, and macOS

When to avoid

• you need a graphical window manager or GUI terminal emulator
• you already have a heavily customized tmux setup and don't want wrapper profiles
• you work exclusively on Windows without WSL or a Unix-like environment

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

developer-tools terminal-ui cli developer-tools bsd cli terminal-multiplexer tmux gnu-screen window-manager shell status-notifications command-line devops linux macos

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