RMUX vs TUIOS
RMUX
rmux.ioTUIOS
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| Figure | RMUX | TUIOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Terminal Multiplexers | 8.3 (#4) | 7.2 (#22) |
| Automation | SDK automation includes typed session, window, and pane handles, structured snapshots, keyboard and mouse input, waits, and pane events. | TUIOS provides a JSON control protocol, CLI commands, tape scripts and hooks for driving sessions and running commands on events. |
| Integrations | The project documents a ratatui integration widget and a Claude Code teammate mode that runs Claude inside a local RMUX workspace. | The README says `tuios integration install` connects 19 agent harnesses, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and opencode. |
| License | RMUX is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache License 2.0. | The project is MIT licensed. |
| Security | During Web Share, shells and PTYs stay on the local daemon while the browser decrypts encrypted terminal updates locally; tunnels carry encrypted frames. | The control socket is restricted to the user through a mode 0700 directory, and pane actions can be limited by grants. |
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In their own words
RMUX
RMUX is a local terminal multiplexer that keeps shells under a daemon on the user’s machine. Version 0.10.0 provides 90 tmux-compatible commands for persistent sessions that can be detached and reattached. Its automation SDKs let programs work with typed session, window, and pane handles, send keyboard and mouse input, wait for output, capture structured snapshots, and receive pane events. Official SDKs are available for Rust, Python, and TypeScript; the Python and TypeScript SDKs require the RMUX binary to be installed first.
Web Share creates browser links to a pane or session while its shell stays local. Links can allow read-write operation or read-only viewing, with separate pairing PINs enabled by default. The browser decrypts terminal updates locally. Sharing can use private Tailscale access, public SSH tunnel presets, or a user-provided ingress URL. RMUX says tunnels can see handshake metadata and encrypted frames, but not keystrokes, PINs, raw tokens, or terminal cells. The Web Share frontend can be self-hosted. RMUX is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0 and is available through package managers, prebuilt installers, or Cargo.