tmux

Open a remote tmux session in control mode and drive its windows as native local panes (beta).

Beta: tmux integration is under active development. The core workflow is stable but some edge cases are rough.

DiceTerm can open a remote tmux session and render its panes as native local xterm panes — not a screen scrape, not an SSH passthrough. You get real local rendering with proper color, scrollback, and resize support.

How it works

Click the tmux button on any saved server. DiceTerm opens a full-screen overlay and runs:

ssh -t user@host -- tmux -CC new -A -s diceterm

The -CC flag starts tmux in control mode: tmux sends structured events over the SSH connection and DiceTerm renders each pane locally using xterm.js. There is no per-keystroke round-trip for display — each pane behaves like a local terminal.

The window bar

A bar at the top of the overlay lists the tmux windows in the session. Click a window to switch to it. Click + to create a new window.

Limits

Limitation	Detail
One control session per server	Opening a second tmux overlay to the same server reattaches the existing session
Fixed session name	The session is always named `diceterm`; you cannot change this from the UI
Prefix key passthrough	tmux prefix keys (e.g. `Ctrl+B`) pass through to the remote tmux as normal

Requirements

tmux must be installed on the remote server.
The saved server must have SSH access configured (see SSH).
A working Windows OpenSSH client (used to establish the connection).

Tips

Tip: Because DiceTerm attaches with new -A, it creates the diceterm session on first connect and reattaches on every subsequent connect. Your remote processes keep running even when you close the overlay.