Removing `tmux`
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September 17, 2026
https://stefan.vanburen.xyz/notes/tmux/


Prompted by Brandur's [_15 years later, a day without Tmux_](https://brandur.org/fragments/tmux-15-years), I remembered my own slow removal of `tmux` from my stack a while back.
I was leaving Alacritty for Kitty,
whose creator has a [distaste for multiplexers in general](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq/#i-am-using-tmux-zellij-and-have-a-problem).
I was probably in the sweet spot of `tmux` users for making this transition, though:
I was rarely `ssh`ing anywhere,
and didn't have a need (at the time) for persistent sessions.
`tmux` was a glorified window and split manager for me.

Now, I have just enough configuration to use Ghostty in a `tmux`y way, having ported over my [split creation and navigation][1] from Kitty while getting used to Ghostty's native window management.

[1]: https://github.com/stefanvanburen/dotfiles/blob/c7daafa8b5dec7220dbaf3d5a4bfd3e94ebc3a25/.config/ghostty/config#L28-L37