p2pmux vs WMUX

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.

WMUX is a terminal multiplexer that keeps local terminal workspaces alive when a terminal client disconnects. Its persistent server manages sessions, windows, panes, terminal state, layouts, options, commands, paste buffers, jobs, and clients. That scope is intended for shells, servers, logs, builds, agents, and project work. Users can split panes left or right, or top or bottom, navigate among them, and zoom a pane. WMUX creates a default configuration file on first use, with commands to inspect its path, contents, and effective configuration. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows; Windows uses native platform mechanisms without a POSIX emulation layer. The software is free and MIT-licensed. Windows ARM64 builds and package-manager repositories are not currently provided. Release archives have SHA-256 sidecar files, and GitHub attestations can be used to verify build provenance. Its v1 binaries are not Authenticode-signed or Apple-notarized, so Windows SmartScreen or macOS Gatekeeper may show a trust prompt.