--- title: I'm ditching tmux for herdr! | daily.dev description: Herdr is a new terminal multiplexer built with Rust that aims to replace tmux, offering near-identical keybindings and configuration while adding first-class... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm ditching tmux for herdr! | daily.dev og:description: Herdr is a new terminal multiplexer built with Rust that aims to replace tmux, offering near-identical keybindings and configuration while adding first-class... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gHuhtlwUy.png og:image:alt: I'm ditching tmux for herdr! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I'm ditching tmux for herdr! **[typecraft](https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft)** · 14 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Herdr is a new terminal multiplexer built with Rust that aims to replace tmux, offering near-identical keybindings and configuration while adding first-class support for AI coding agents like Claude and Cursor. Key features include an agent management sidebar showing agent states (blocked, working, idle, done), fuzzy-finding across workspaces and agents, TOML-based configuration, theme support (including Catppuccin), and a remote mode that SSHs into a box and runs Herdr with local config synced. An agent skill file (installed via NPX) lets coding agents open panes and workspaces autonomously. The server-based architecture means agents keep running even after closing the terminal window, and the remote workflow enables a thin-client setup where agents run on a remote machine indefinitely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@richardruiter** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for the overview. Since a few days I have a very similar setup with Herdr on a remote box. One thing that annoyed me was the SSH reconnect mechanism as I needed to ssh into it every time I re-opened my laptop. The solution is to use [https://mosh.org/](https://mosh.org/) as it reconnects automatically. Just install mosh on your machine and server and your good to go. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A deep dive into Herdr](https://daily.dev/posts/a-deep-dive-into-herdr-jzkwg8r1e) · Flavio Copes · 5 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I'm ditching tmux for herdr!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-27T12:25:50.582Z","dateModified":"2026-07-27T12:26:14.731Z","description":"Herdr is a new terminal multiplexer built with Rust that aims to replace tmux, offering near-identical keybindings and configuration while adding first-class...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yQDARWdrPeY/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yQDARWdrPeY/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"typecraft","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"typecraft","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--iVakgkBx--/f_auto/v1728807219/logos/typecraft","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"ai-agents,rust,bash","timeRequired":"PT14M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"I'm ditching tmux for herdr!","description":"Herdr is a new terminal multiplexer built with Rust that aims to replace tmux, offering near-identical keybindings and configuration while adding first-class...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yQDARWdrPeY/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-27T12:25:50.582Z","duration":"PT14M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/gHuhtlwUy","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yQDARWdrPeY"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"typecraft","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I'm ditching tmux for herdr!"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-ditching-tmux-for-herdr--ghuhtlwuy","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for the overview. Since a few days I have a very similar setup with Herdr on a remote box. One thing that annoyed me was the SSH reconnect mechanism as I needed to ssh into it every time I re-opened my laptop. The solution is to use https://mosh.org/ as it reconnects automatically. Just install mosh on your machine and server and your good to go.","datePublished":"2026-07-31T09:37:15.020Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gHuhtlwUy#c-pqrx10vY7","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"richard ruiter","url":"https://daily.dev/richardruiter","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AFdZucoG_fw2gXrPFAAKkmH131wKFkKRqAq8A-R17f_uaQ=s100"}}]} ```