https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/tmux/ Recent content in Tmux on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think Hugo -- gohugo.io en blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) CC BY-NC 4.0 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0800 https://blog.baifan.site/en/tmux-practical-guide/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0800 blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) https://blog.baifan.site/en/tmux-practical-guide/ <p>You SSH into a server to run a long task, the network drops, and the task is gone. Tmux exists to solve exactly this — it decouples the terminal session from the window, so the process keeps running after you close the terminal.</p> <!-- more --> <figure class="my-6 flex flex-col items-center"> <img src="https://blog.baifan.site/pictures/posts/tmux-session-window-pane.svg" alt="Tmux session-window-pane structure diagram" style="max-width: 800px;" class="rounded-lg shadow-md mx-auto center" loading="lazy" /> <figcaption class="mt-2 text-center text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 italic">Tmux&#39;s three layers: a Session contains Windows, a Window contains Panes</figcaption> </figure> <h2 class="relative group">The Core Problem It Solves <div id="the-core-problem-it-solves" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-core-problem-it-solves" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>An ordinary terminal window is bound to its processes. Close the window and the processes die. Same story when SSH drops.</p>