Side by side
amux vs muxel
Both stand on terminal multiplexers. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan LinuxMac
amux combines terminal pane controls, agent-facing CLI features and a mailbox for shared workflows. Users who depend on session groups or advanced hooks may need tmux for those functions.
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Free plan LinuxMacWindows
Muxel brings agent sessions, shell panes, Git worktrees, and task scheduling into a local desktop workspace. Windows users should note that tmux session persistence is Unix-only and disabled there.
Visit muxelThe facts
| amux | muxel | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Linux, Mac | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | github.com | muxel.sh |
| On terminal multiplexers | #3 of 29 | #7 of 29 |
amux: what it does well
- Coordinates human keybindings and agent CLI workflows in panes.
- Captures sessions as structured JSON.
- Pane history can survive reloads and crash recovery.
- Built-in mailbox supports pane-to-pane messages.
- Free and MIT licensed.
What to know first
- Does not implement every tmux feature.
- First server start requires ncurses `tic`.
- Default scrollback is 5,000 lines per pane.
muxel: what it does well
- Runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Supports configurable agent and shell presets.
- Includes Git worktrees and pull request actions.
- Can schedule saved prompts.
- Free and open source under GPL-3.0.
What to know first
- tmux session persistence is disabled on Windows.
- Configured agents and services follow their own data policies.
- A separate commercial license is available.