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tmux
tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal. tmux
terminals
kitty
The fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal emulator
Fast:
- Offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system load
- Uses threaded rendering for absolutely minimal latency
- Performance tradeoffs can be tuned
Capable:
- Graphics, with images and animations
- Ligatures and emoji, with per glyph font substitution
- Hyperlinks, with configurable actions
Scriptable:
- Control from scripts or the shell
- Extend with kittens using the Python language
- Use startup sessions to specify working environments
Composable:
- Programmble tabs, splits and multiple layouts to manage windows
- Browse the entire history or the output from the last command comfortably in pagers and editors
- Edit or download remote files in an existing SSH session