Is Zellij the PERFECT Multiplexer? // Tmux Getting Dethroned!

Zellij seems to gradually take Tmux's place when it comes to terminal multiplexing. It is self explanatory, feature-full, well documented and has a few killer features that are very appealing!
I'm covering here the basics and the pros and cons as I see them and how whether I'm seeming myself transitioning into it over Tmux.

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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Getting started and Panes Mode
03:08 - Tabs
04:35 - Resize
05:14 - Session
05:28 - Killer Features
10:22 - Final thoughts

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[snieguzary]

Zellij now has the "resurrect" feature built in!

[hotdogc]

Awesome video, i like how you show off the software within your own workflow. That makes it much more informative as it puts the features into perspective

[zachmoring]

I love Zellij but I ended up using Kitty's built-in multiplexer because I can bind it to controls with the SUPER key. I don't like having to remap a CTRL+(something) or ALT+(something) in every single terminal app just to avoid conflicting with Zellij's controls. I wish they could add support for more modifiers or combinations of modifiers so that I could go back to using it — it ruled.

[digitaldisruptlabs]

Nice review! I saw this tool few times out there, but not quite sure to use it. But now just by looking at this video I feel that I love it! I will give it try ~ thx

[BenSima]

The production quality of this video is next level

[SudeeptoDutta]

Thank you, Omer, for making this video. This video will serve as a great starting point for someone trying Zellij for the first time.

[AdrianAyala]

Nice Dev. Thanks for introducing a sweet new application. I could never get into tmux cause I kept forgetting the key actions to do things. Just my fault for not spending a lot of time in it. But this Zellij looks great. I'll check it out during my weekend!

[famshare-esl]

Super helpful and excited to discover your content through this vid.

[ManuelGonzales-nish]

Man I love your chanel, the content is top notch but I'm still a noob to even start to grasp most of it 😂... Hope you release some beginner tutorials at some point. Anyways, keep it up, big fan!

[fahimanayet]

woww😍😍 Just gave it a shot and I really liked it.

[a_maxed_out_handle_of__chars]

aah, this looks good but i'm too comfortable with tmux now but will give it a try :)

[__sassan__]

I’d prefer Zellij to TMUX but I find the UI a bit too much - I’d love a much simpler theme

[jzmmm]

i use wezterm in macos. How do I get the ALT key working for the shortcuts?

[hungvx-dev]

Hi. What is the bluring transparent browser?

[gabriellopes]

Is it possible to hide the command bar in zellij ?

[elmalleable]

i love this and only 1 minute into the video

[gzmwyrx]

Really u know i freakin love zellij now

[JohnnyThundr]

Hmmm... both Tmux and Zellij seems to have issues for me. Tmux is fast but it doesn't display colors correctly in ascii-patrol meaning the only way to play it is in black and white. Zellij displays the colors correctly but the game runs very slow and there is an input delay.

[StiwieMayday]

I'm very happy to say that both of the "killer features" are doable in tmux.

- Popups
$ tmux popup

- Neovim copy mode
$ tmux capture-pane -p -S | nvim -c 'set buftype=nofile' -c 'set nonumber' -c 'set local norelativenumber' + '$'

As a keybind you have to send to the current terminal

bind-key C-f send-keys "$command" Enter

[adicide]

thing is this clutter the screen like crazy, and not only because I'm 80% of the time on the laptop screen, but also because I need a minimal fee, I'm not sure this'll ever fit. notice how tmux just gets out of your way, visually speaking?