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Conmux
On the record
- Availability
- The Rust library and CLI can be installed with `cargo install --locked conmux`; a GUI installer is available from GitHub Releases.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- CLI compatibility
- The README describes launching native programs, PowerShell, and tools in WSL as supervised panes.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Control features
- The library provides stable pane IDs, request and response control, per-pane event streams, and output capture with an ANSI-stripping option.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Control interface
- The project describes a programmable control plane with framed request/response, per-pane event streams, stable pane IDs, and output capture.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Development status
- Conmux is early development (v0.1.x), Windows-only, and APIs outside the frozen wire-protocol layer are unstable.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Download requirements
- The v0.1.1 release specifies Windows 10 1809 or later, or Windows 11, and says the GUI installer is unsigned and will trigger a SmartScreen unknown-publisher warning.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Features
- Its library supports real ConPTY panes, process-tree supervision, scrollback and capture, and pane event streams.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Input handling
- All input uses one injection path with pluggable policy, audit, and rate-limit hooks that fail closed.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Installer limitation
- The GUI installer is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen warns that its publisher is unknown.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Conmux provides a Rust crate and CLI plus a Tauri GUI shell, and its README identifies Conflux as a separate multi-agent workbench built on it.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache 2.0.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The project says it was built by a student at South China Normal University.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Operational limit
- Stopping or crashing the daemon terminates every pane because its Job Objects are dropped.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Operational limitation
- Running `kill-server` or crashing the daemon terminates every pane because the daemon drops their Job Objects.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Pane supervision
- Each pane runs in a Windows Job Object configured to terminate its process tree when the object closes.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The project states that it is local-only, with no accounts or telemetry and no data leaving the machine.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Process support
- It can launch native programs, PowerShell, and tools running in WSL as supervised panes.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Conmux is a standalone Windows-native terminal multiplexer that runs CLI tools in supervised sessions.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
