dvtm vs p2pmux
dvtm
brain-dump.org
p2pmux
p2pmux.comSide by side
| Figure | dvtm | p2pmux |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal Multiplexers | 7.4 (#18) | 8.4 (#3) |
| Installation | Users can download the source tarball and compile it with curses headers, or install a distribution-provided binary package. | The maker documents installation by script, Homebrew, or building from source with Rust 1.91 or newer. |
| License | The project is released under the MIT/X11 license, and its terminal emulation component is under the ISC license. | The project is MIT licensed. |
| Purpose | dvtm brings tiling window management to the console to help users work with multiple console based programs. | p2pmux is a peer-to-peer terminal multiplexer where multiple users and machines can connect to the same session. |
| Support | The project directs comments, suggestions, bug reports, and patches to the suckless developer mailing list or the maintainer. | The maker asks users to open an issue and include the version running on both machines and whether the connection was direct or relayed. |
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In their own words
p2pmux
p2pmux is a free peer-to-peer terminal multiplexer for connecting people and machines to one shared session. Each pane runs a real shell on the machine of the person who opened it, using that host's tools and environment. Shared sessions can have up to 8 members, 9 tabs, and 8 panes per tab, with nested splits. Terminal streaming is end-to-end encrypted and peer-to-peer, with an iroh relay available when NAT requires it. If the coordinator laptop closes, panes on other machines continue running, but layout changes and new joins pause. Processes and credential files remain on the pane host rather than being uploaded to peers. The agent inbox can show detected coding agents and open a pane for terminal input. Anyone with a join code or ticket can see every pane and interact with terminals; join codes last six hours. The project supports macOS and Linux, not Windows. Linux builds require glibc 2.35 or newer, while musl systems must build from source. It is released under the MIT license.