Quick Start Guide

Fresh

Get up and running with tmux in 5 minutes.

Installation

Choose your platform:

bash

brew install tmux

bash

port install tmux

bash

apt install tmux

bash

yum install tmux

bash

dnf install tmux

bash

pacman -S tmux

Verify installation:

bash

tmux -V

bash

tmux

You'll see a green status bar at the bottom - you're now in tmux!

Action	Shortcut
Split vertically (side by side)	`Ctrl+b` then `%`
Split horizontally (top/bottom)	`Ctrl+b` then `"`
Switch between panes	`Ctrl+b` then arrow keys

bash

# Detach (keeps session running)
Ctrl+b d

# List sessions
tmux ls

# Reattach to session
tmux attach

The Prefix Key

All tmux shortcuts start with a prefix key (default: Ctrl+b). Press the prefix, release, then press the action key.