Conmux

Spec sheet

Product

Conmux is a standalone Windows-native terminal multiplexer that runs CLI tools in supervised sessions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

Conmux provides a Rust crate and CLI plus a Tauri GUI shell, and its README identifies Conflux as a separate multi-agent workbench built on it.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The project says it is local-only, has no accounts or telemetry, and uses named-pipe DACL and remote-client protections; it also notes these do not stop malicious code running as the same user.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

The project states that it is local-only, with no accounts or telemetry and no data leaving the machine.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The maker invites bug reports, issues, discussions, and pull requests, and lists an email contact.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The project is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache 2.0.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker

The project says it was built by a student at South China Normal University.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Availability

The Rust library and CLI can be installed with `cargo install --locked conmux`; a GUI installer is available from GitHub Releases.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

CLI compatibility

The README describes launching native programs, PowerShell, and tools in WSL as supervised panes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Control features

The library provides stable pane IDs, request and response control, per-pane event streams, and output capture with an ANSI-stripping option.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Control interface

The project describes a programmable control plane with framed request/response, per-pane event streams, stable pane IDs, and output capture.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Development status

Conmux is early development (v0.1.x), Windows-only, and APIs outside the frozen wire-protocol layer are unstable.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Download requirements

The v0.1.1 release specifies Windows 10 1809 or later, or Windows 11, and says the GUI installer is unsigned and will trigger a SmartScreen unknown-publisher warning.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Features

Its library supports real ConPTY panes, process-tree supervision, scrollback and capture, and pane event streams.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Input handling

All input uses one injection path with pluggable policy, audit, and rate-limit hooks that fail closed.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installer limitation

The GUI installer is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen warns that its publisher is unknown.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Operational limit

Stopping or crashing the daemon terminates every pane because its Job Objects are dropped.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Operational limitation

Running `kill-server` or crashing the daemon terminates every pane because the daemon drops their Job Objects.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Pane supervision

Each pane runs in a Windows Job Object configured to terminate its process tree when the object closes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Process support

It can launch native programs, PowerShell, and tools running in WSL as supervised panes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security boundary

The local named pipe uses a DACL limited to the current user's SID, rejects remote clients, and includes first-instance squatting protection.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Session persistence

A daemon supports detaching and reattaching clients while panes survive and the screen is replayed on reconnect.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Use case

It is intended to bring CLI agent workflows to Windows without requiring a full IDE.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Terminal Multiplexers#13 of 297.6