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Port details on branch 2026Q2
tmux Terminal Multiplexer
3.6b_1 sysutils on this many watch lists=76 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 3.6aVersion of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: jrm@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2009-10-12 22:40:55
Last Update: 2026-05-20 17:07:54
Commit Hash: ad71ae6
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License: ISCL
WWW:
https://tmux.github.io/
Description:
Tmux is a terminal multiplexer, it enables a number of terminals to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/tmux
  2. share/man/man1/tmux.1.gz
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/tmux-3.6b_1/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/tmux-3.6b_1/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/tmux-3.6b_1/ISCL
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • tmux>0:sysutils/tmux
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
  • tmux23
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/tmux
  • pkg install tmux
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: tmux
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1779296075 SHA256 (tmux-3.6b.tar.gz) = 390759d25fdba016887ec982b808927e637070fd7d03a8021f8ef3102b9ae3c7 SIZE (tmux-3.6b.tar.gz) = 750261

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
tmux
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest3.6a3.6a3.1c3.5a_13.6an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly3.6a3.6a3.3a_13.5a_13.6an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest3.6b_13.6b_13.3a3.5a_13.6b_13.3a_1-3.3a_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.6a3.6a-3.5a_13.6a3.3a_13.3a_13.3a_1
FreeBSD:15:latest3.6b_13.6b_1n/a3.5a_1n/an/a3.3a_23.3a_2
FreeBSD:15:quarterly3.6a3.6an/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest3.6b_13.6b_1n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Library dependencies:
  1. libevent.so : devel/libevent
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. devel/py-libtmux
  2. misc/openclaw
  3. misc/tdrop
  4. sysutils/bhyve-rc
  5. sysutils/bvm
  6. sysutils/byobu
  7. sysutils/py-tmuxp
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  2. sysutils/rubygem-teamocil
  3. sysutils/rubygem-tmuxinator
  4. sysutils/scct
  5. sysutils/smug
  6. sysutils/tmux-xpanes
  7. sysutils/wemux
  8. textproc/mantra
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. security/tmux-cssh*
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Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for tmux-3.6b_1: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples LIBEVENT_STATIC=off: Build with static libevent UTF8PROC=off: Build with utf8proc support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_tmux
USES:
cpe ncurses pkgconfig
pkg-message:
If upgrading
tmux must be restarted after upgrading. If you see the following message when you try to attach, it likely means you forgot to restart tmux: open terminal failed: not a terminal
If upgrading from < 3.6a:
The bash completions for tmux have been moved to the bash-completion package.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/3.6b/
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