What You Need

In order to use tmux, you’ll need a computer that runs Mac OS X or a flavor of UNIX or Linux. Unfortunately, tmux does not run under Windows, but it will run great on a virtual machine, VPS, or shared hosting environment running Linux.

While not required, experience with text editors such as Vim or Emacs will be helpful. tmux works very much the same way, and it has some predefined keyboard shortcuts that users of these editors will find familiar.

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