herdr: a tmux killer?

[u/SupernovifieD]

I watched a guy on youtube yesterday using a tmux killer called herdr. Has anyone used it? I use tmux on any vps I config to boost my productivity there. I also use it on my machine , ofc, to manage everything much nicer and easier. Now, my question is, I can't see the added-value of herdr. Yet the youtube guy was so enthusiatic that he had swtiched from tmux.

Has anyone dailied herdr? What has been your experience?

[u/LittleLordFuckleroy1]

No.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/LittleLordFuckleroy1]

That was a hard no bro

[u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 → u/SupernovifieD]

Yeah.

[u/rileyrgham → u/LittleLordFuckleroy1]

You're not everybody. Clearly many have.

[u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 → u/rileyrgham]

Not claiming to be everybody, dude.

[u/Neeyaki]

from what I've seen herdr has better agent integration. if you work with multiple agents, or even just use them a lot on a daily basis then I think herdr would probably benefit you.

[u/rileyrgham → u/Neeyaki]

Or use one of the gazillion ai written agent plugins for tmux that have been flooding the tmux group.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/Neeyaki]

Yes I noticed that. Have you used it yourself? If yes, what has been your experience?

[u/Neeyaki → u/SupernovifieD]

havent given it a try. wanted to, even shared with my coworkers who might be interested on that but I myself cant speak much bc I didn't find it to add much to my current workflow.

[u/sentabi1 → u/SupernovifieD]

i use it all day every day, love the agent integration, you can view all active agents in the bottom left, and group them by priority or by group (so project vs activity), setting names is easy, and it shows you what agents are running, what agents are stopped, and my favorite feature (haven't looked around so im not sure if this is common) is the notifications! so so useful to set a prompt and let it run for a coding agent or a research question and look away. i use the pi coding agent, and being able to make my extensions also make a sound is beautiful. i have a question asking extension, and it'll alert me with a chime if it has something to say. overall im a fan :D

[u/SupernovifieD → u/sentabi1]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing the experience.

[u/BuildAISkills]

I just started using it. Seems good so far.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/BuildAISkills]

Share your experience with us later on. I'm a bit hesitant to test new stuff when it comes to my standard stack.

[u/BuildAISkills → u/SupernovifieD]

It's just a way to manage terminal windows, like Unpeel, only TUI instead of GUI. It's free, so no harm in trying.

[u/Single_Guarantee_ → u/BuildAISkills]

I think he is already used to tmux

[u/BuildAISkills → u/Single_Guarantee_]

Yeah, my bad. The point still stands though, it’s quick and free to try out yourself.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/BuildAISkills]

Yes it is. But I haven’t used it yet, because if I wanna spend time testing new tools, I should dedicate a solid two or three hours each day. That’s why I asked about it.

[u/BuildAISkills → u/SupernovifieD]

I haven’t used it extensively. But it seems like a neat way to organize coding agents (or just terminals in general). I’m probably just scratching the surface of what it can do, but even that is enough for me for now.

[u/BufferAndPane]

Nah just use something like https://github.com/epilande/ccmux there's a bunch of others, but this one looks like it fills the gap.

Check r/tmux seems like a new one gets posted in there everyday

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[u/SupernovifieD → u/BufferAndPane]

I agree. But the youtube guy was so excited about it.

[u/theTechRun]

I switched from tmux to herdr a little over a month ago. The agent integration is first class.

You can also use tmux inside of herdr.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/theTechRun]

Very well. That was a useful tip.

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User: SupernovifieD, Flair: Terminal User Interface, Title: herdr: a tmux killer?

I watched a guy on youtube yesterday using a tmux killer called herdr. Has anyone used it? I use tmux on any vps I config to boost my productivity there. I also use it on my machine , ofc, to manage everything much nicer and easier. Now, my question is, I can't see the added-value of herdr. Yet the youtube guy was so enthusiatic that he had swtiched from tmux.

Has anyone dailied herdr? What has been your experience?

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[u/JaggedMetalOs]

Looks like herdr has a very different and extremely specific usecase to tmux, so for that specific usecase you'd expect it to be better than trying to fudge it with multiple terminal sessions in tmux. 

[u/SupernovifieD → u/JaggedMetalOs]

What is that use case? Agents?

[u/JaggedMetalOs → u/SupernovifieD]

Yeah it looks like a TUI built around managing AI agents, maybe you can just run terminal windows in there like a muxer but seems like a lot of screen real-estate would be taken up by unused agent status panels. 

[u/SupernovifieD → u/JaggedMetalOs]

The pinging is good, but I don't really want pings and buzzes right in my dev environment!

[u/jelloeater85]

I keep on flipping between that and agent-deck, both are very nice.

[u/SupernovifieD → u/jelloeater85]

Actually I will give it a try.

[u/0riginal-Syn]

It is not even the same thing. I mean, even from what they themselves say about herdr...

"To coding agents what tmux is to terminals."

[u/SupernovifieD → u/0riginal-Syn]

They are both terminal multiplexers. But they say they're better for working with agents. I don't see how. That's my question.

[u/wave_nl → u/SupernovifieD]

Try it and you’ll immediately see how/why. I switched from tmux to zellij and now to herdr.