Comparison
Canopy vs tmux for AI coding agents
tmux and Canopy solve different parts of a developer workflow. This comparison focuses on where each one fits.
tmux handles terminal sessions
tmux gives developers persistent terminal sessions, panes, windows, and remote access. It fits teams that already organize work through shell sessions.
Canopy tracks agent sessions by worktree
Canopy includes terminal tabs and experimental tmux integration. Its main UI is the worktree sidebar: agent status, Inspector metrics, browser capture, task context, and local diffs stay attached to the branch.
When each tool fits
Choose tmux when you need portable terminal multiplexing. Choose Canopy when the hard part is knowing which AI agent is working on which branch, what it changed, and whether it needs review.
Related pages
Canopy terminal See terminal tabs, splits, themes, and persistence details.Multi-agent feature Monitor several AI coding agents in one desktop workspace.Git worktrees Use worktrees as the branch model for parallel agent sessions.Canopy vs terminal Compare Canopy with direct terminal-only Claude Code usage.