Herdr has released native app

cherioo 105 points 72 comments October 30, 2026
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flippant

I switched to herdr this year after a decade of using tmux, and I haven't looked back since. Herdr is wonderful, not only because of the coding agent integrations, but also because it uses libghostty under the hood. So no terminal-emulator-inside-another-terminal-emulator shenanigans. If you prefer GUIs, I can recommend herdr-gpui which connects to a herdr daemon. It has a bunch of goodies like remote phone pairing, and a built-in browser integration to send screenshots and notes to coding agents. https://github.com/penso/herdr-gpui

sangupta

Haven't used Herdr before - was looking at README and was looking to check screenshots and documentation. However, Chrome reports the SSL cert to the site https://herdr.dev as invalid. Will wait till it gets resolved.

pupppet

How does it compare to CMUX?

desireco42

I don't think I need it, but Herdr has been absolutely rock solid for me. And I have this app Pairfob that I can check things up on the phone if I really want to. And while I don't use it quite as often, seems to be more solid then Chatgpt (Codex) and other apps. I have 2 machines and laptop linked together and running things have never been easier.

tiffanyh

What’s the planned monetization model for all the terminal multiplexers backed by VC funding like Herdr, Rex, etc?

Skunkleton

There is a Windows 98 mode w/ minesweeper, solitaire, and clippy! Edit: oh neat! Its self editing.

adamisnotroman

Yep it’s awesome. I’m going to integrate the core engine to my mobile app so I can control it remotely.

jbellis

If you like Herdr, you might also appreciate https://github.com/BrokkAi/mjolnir/ , which is similar in its multiplexing features (although built on ACP) but offers cross-provider subagents, memory and session log sync, live migration of sessions across profiles and providers, and load balancing across multiple subscriptions.

Hitech-Redneck

I've been holding this at arms length. Interested, but I'm so stuck on tmux.

DaSHacka

Darn, title had me thinking they released a mobile app to compliment the TUI daemon. termux+mosh is fine , but especially on a phone I'd love a slightly more intuitive (or really, efficient) UI. Especially as mosh breaks touch/mouse input on the remote host. I've never understood the point of the desktop GUI harnesses to run TUI (or at the very least, primarily text-based) programs anyway, but perhaps they're better for onboarding less tech-savvy users.

ziofill

> Usage telemetry is on by default in releases. Turn it off in Settings → Privacy. Probably a good idea if you work with sensitive data (and you’re already on Zero Data Retention)

game_the0ry

This is the first time I have even hear of Herdr, and I try to make an effort to follow ai. It's getting very difficult to keep up with all the agent harnesses coming out. I love ai but wow its hard to keep up.

yodon

A native app is definitely a good thing. herdr is great, and the original runs-in-a-terminal vision was cool, but at least on OSX it has a ton of selection management bugs that are pretty sucky.

oefrha

Supports SSH to remote machines out of the box, cool. I wonder if the protocol is more efficient than the TUI over SSH, would be nice on crappy connections when traveling.

mark_l_watson

Nice! I have been using herdr for a few months, love it and for me it is a step up from years using tmux. The new native Herdr app is yet another step up. I use multiple Macs with Tailscale connections and the Herdr app makes jumping around to different projects and different machines easier.

jauntywundrkind

Which of these various new multiplexers (herdr, cmux, etc) work over ssh, and which have protocols underneath? I've been scripting tmux for a while now, and it's not the greatest. And when I have a bunch of opencode sessions rolling along often my tmux could usage is smoking. I'd be happy to try other things. But I'd way rather get into something with protocols, that is open to play.

lucas_the_human

I love herdr, nice work team!

steve_adams_86

Is anyone else finding that it doesn't pick up Claude Code agents? My Agents pane stays empty no matter how many instances I start and work in. Appears to continue to work fine in herdr, though.

pdantix

feels like they're trying to get ahead of superlogical's rex. took all of installing it on windows and setting up my mac as an SSH machine to see the slop all through the UI. i'll just wait for rex's windows client i guess.

thewisenerd

while they do this, i hope they do not drop support for regular/other terminals ignoring ALL the AI/agent features, herdr has been a decent replacement for tmux with saner defaults so much so that i'm reaching for installing herdr instead of tmux and i would like to not be locked to a "desktop app" for it

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