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Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by irfn »

nico wrote: post #48
hamaluik wrote: post #21

There seem to be a lot of these sorts of tools popping up but it’s not clear to me the added value they bring in over using plain tmux (or any other “normal” session multiplexer). Can someone who uses one of these agent-specific multiplexers share their experience and reasoning for reaching for / building these? What makes this better than a normal multiplexer? I am asking in earnest; I just don’t understand but I wa…

I’ve been using herdr lately and before that I was using zellij and before that tmux and before that gnu screen For me the main advantage of herdr is that when I have the codex integration activated, herdr will keep track of the codex session ids and automatically restore them after restart With the other multiplexers I had to create a separate tool that would save/restore layout/tabs/panes/session ids. And I had to…

yeah herdr has completely replaced my tmux usage

Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by petesergeant »

cobolcomesback wrote: post #46
petesergeant wrote: post #15

“How does this differ from”… For all of these tools, now, there are many. After I built my own agent sandboxer[0] I went so far as to create a site dedicated to 36 other similar projects / approaches: https://pleasedonotescape.com/ 0: https://github.com/pjlsergeant/byre

OPs tool is not a sandboxer and isn’t like the other projects in your list. OP is an agent multiplexer, of which there also are many similar projects, but not a sandboxer.

Yes, I'm well aware

Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by yoanwaidev »

hamaluik wrote: post #21

There seem to be a lot of these sorts of tools popping up but it’s not clear to me the added value they bring in over using plain tmux (or any other “normal” session multiplexer). Can someone who uses one of these agent-specific multiplexers share their experience and reasoning for reaching for / building these? What makes this better than a normal multiplexer? I am asking in earnest; I just don’t understand but I wa…

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Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by taude »

hamaluik wrote: post #21

There seem to be a lot of these sorts of tools popping up but it’s not clear to me the added value they bring in over using plain tmux (or any other “normal” session multiplexer). Can someone who uses one of these agent-specific multiplexers share their experience and reasoning for reaching for / building these? What makes this better than a normal multiplexer? I am asking in earnest; I just don’t understand but I wa…

- I get OS level notifications when the agent is ready.

- I don't need to use TMUX's wonky keyboard shortcuts

- I moved off of TMUX anyway, when ssh-ing into remote servers became 'not a thing'

- automatic coding session management, like auto resume, layout manamgement, etc. out of the box, without setting up TMUX, which could be a wormhole for some, by the time you fix mouse scrolling, cut/paste, etc...

I'm currently using CMUX, and been pretty happy with it it at this time, but loving the evolution of all these tools

Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by Marlinski »

hamaluik wrote: post #21

There seem to be a lot of these sorts of tools popping up but it’s not clear to me the added value they bring in over using plain tmux (or any other “normal” session multiplexer). Can someone who uses one of these agent-specific multiplexers share their experience and reasoning for reaching for / building these? What makes this better than a normal multiplexer? I am asking in earnest; I just don’t understand but I wa…

https://bower.sh/you-might-not-need-tmux

Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by yoanwaidev »

chrismatic wrote: post #4

How is this different from https://github.com/asheshgoplani/agent-deck ?

agent-deck was the first one I actually tried to adopt, landed a couple of commits in it. wanted it to be the one.

what I kept missing was answering an agent without attaching to it. so space on a blocked one, type, enter, and it lands in that pane. on a project row it spawns a new agent already working on what you typed. the other half is review, ctrl+r opens what it changed as whole files with the diff tinted, c comments a line, C sends the notes into the pane.

deck does plenty I don't, worktrees, cost, forking. different bets.

Re: Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

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Post by yoanwaidev »

igor_nast wrote: post #9

Nice, but I love my agentic IDE app. I prefer normal gui over terminal. Good luck!

herdr's a whole runtime, own multiplexer, plugins, socket api. mine sits on tmux and doesn't try to replace it, sessions stay normal tmux sessions.

overlap on the status sidebar is real. two things I lean on that I couldn't find a key for over there: space on a blocked agent types the answer into its pane without attaching, and ctrl+r opens its repo as full-file diffs where a comment on a line goes back to that agent as a prompt. herdr's socket api can push text into a pane, so the first one is scriptable at least. correct me if I missed something.

mouse and windows, herdr's ahead.

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