TUIOS
TUIOS is a terminal window manager that shows what your coding agents are doing and keeps sessions alive for developers running agents in a terminal.
What it is good for
- Running several coding agents in one terminal window
- Keeping terminal sessions alive after restarts
- Checking which agents are waiting for approval
- Splitting a terminal into tiled panes and workspaces
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, tmux, Ghostty, Kitty, WezTerm
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #70, week 40, 2026)
- Best rank
- #70 week 40, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 6,286
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is TUIOS free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use TUIOS?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does TUIOS work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, tmux, Ghostty, Kitty, and WezTerm.
- What is TUIOS good for?
- Running several coding agents in one terminal window, keeping terminal sessions alive after restarts, checking which agents are waiting for approval, and splitting a terminal into tiled panes and workspaces.
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