neurosnap/zmx

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2083 stars · 145 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

zmx is a lightweight terminal session persistence tool written in Zig that lets users attach and detach from shell sessions without killing them. It is a minimal tmux alternative focused solely on session persistence, deliberately omitting windows, tabs, and splits.

Use cases

• persist terminal sessions across ssh disconnects
• detach from a long-running shell and reattach later
• share a terminal session between multiple clients
• send commands to a running session without attaching
• print scrollback history of a terminal session as plain text
• replace tmux when you only need session persistence

When to choose

• you want tmux-like session persistence without panes, tabs, or splits
• you prefer native terminal scrollback over multiplexer-provided scrollback
• you need to script commands into a persistent session without attaching
• you run macOS or Linux and want a small, fast single-purpose tool

When to avoid

• you need window/tab/split management that tmux or zellij provide
• you are on Windows
• you need a full terminal multiplexer with layouts and status bars

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

terminal-ui developer-tools cli developer-tools cli tmux-alternative session-persistence terminal-multiplexer shell-sessions zig detach-attach command-line linux macos

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