Terminal Multiplexer for Microsoft Windows - Installers for the GNU or tmux screen

Question

I am looking for a terminal multiplexer for Microsoft Windows. I could not find installers for Microsoft Windows for the tmux and GNU screens.

I am currently using Putty to connect to my Linux machine with a Windows Machine. Can someone suggest how to get GNU Screen or tmux to work on the Windows platform.

Are there any other good alternatives to the above options.

Answer 1

Take a look. This is deprecated, but assuming someone from Google finds this, the absolutely best solution for this - ( and this is AMAZING ) is to use ConEmu (or a package that includes and is built on top of ConEmu called cmder ) and then either use plink or putty to connect to a specific machine, or better yet, configure your development environment as a local virtual machine using Vagrant .

This is the only way that I ever again see myself developing out of the Windows box.

I'm sure enough to say that any other answer - though not necessarily bad - offers garbage solutions compared to this.

Answer 2

Starting with the Windows 10 "Anniversary" update (version 1607), you can start the Ubuntu subsystem directly from Windows by enabling the Developer Mode feature.

To enable developer mode, go to Start> Settings and type “Use Developer Features” in the search field to find the option. In your left hand you will see the tab "For Developers". On this tab, you will see a radio window to enable developer mode.

After the developer mode is enabled, you can enable the Linux subsystem function. To do this, go to Control Panel> Programs> Enable or Disable Windows Features> and check the box "Windows Subsystem for Linux (beta)

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Now, instead of using Cygwin or a console emulator, you can run tmux via bash in the Ubuntu subsystem directly from Windows via the traditional apt package ( sudo apt-get install tmux ).

Answer 3

Both tmux and the GNU screen work under cygwin . They can be installed from the cygwin installer. Just find your name there and you will probably reach the latest version (at least for tmux ).

Answer 4

You may be able to get what you want using Console2 with Putty or Plink.

Answer 5

Adding to the stream, there the new console in the city is called a baboon, and I run tmux in it without problems. allows you to run bash or zsh.

click here for github

Answer 6

Alternatively, SuperPutty has tabs and the ability to run the same command on many terminals ... this might be what someone is looking for.

https://code.google.com/p/superputty/

It imports your PuTTY sessions too.

Answer 7

One alternative is MSYS2 , in other words "MinGW-w64" / Git Bash . You can simply connect to Unix machines and run most linux commands from it. Also install tmux !

To install tmux in MSYS2 :

run the pacman -S tmux command

To run tmux on Git Bash :

install MSYS2 and copy tmux.exe and msys-event-2-1-6.dll from the MSYS2 C:\msys64\usr\bin to the Git Bash C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin .

Answer 8

Here is the dirty way:

• Log in to the Linux server using "ssh -X user @host"
• open rxvt-unicode or another X-terminal.
• open tmux or screen
• Log on to your local computer from the server
• run your favorite shell like msys or cygwin.

Answer 9

You can compile and use tmux inside Cgywin. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30850840