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Open source Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents. Built for multitasking, organization, and programmability.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

cmux at a glance

Category
Coding agents
Website
cmux.com

Is cmux growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, cmux ranked #121 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #51 in Coding agents, with a momentum score of 58 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for cmux12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 304, 271, 244, 264, 235, 246, 183, 202, 548, 207, 195, 275 new stars, an average of 265 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
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New GitHub stars per week for cmux
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026304
Aug 16, 2026271
Aug 23, 2026244
Aug 30, 2026264
Sep 6, 2026235
Sep 13, 2026246
Sep 20, 2026183
Sep 27, 2026202
Oct 4, 2026548
Oct 11, 2026207
Oct 18, 2026195
Oct 25, 2026275

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

cmux alternatives

Other AI coding agents on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

Coding agents ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1CindyCindy is an open-source AI agent app for desktop and mobile that combines Claude Code, Codex and Pi across your connected devices.8.8k–
#2OpenMausBotOpenMausBot is an open-source desktop chat app where each contact is a local Claude, Codex, or Grok CLI agent with its own computer.9.6k–
#3OrcaOrca is a desktop agent development environment for running Claude Code, Codex, and other CLI coding agents in parallel, each in its own…111.7k–
#4OpenBotOpenBot is an open-source, self-hosted template for AI coworkers that each get their own browser, files and granted tools, with every…9.1k–
#5Agent ReachAgent Reach is a Python CLI that lets AI agents search and read platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and…107.2k–
#6Skill RecorderSkill Recorder is a desktop app that records your on-screen work session and turns it into a reusable agent Skill or Automation.5.6k–

All AI coding agents, ranked

cmux FAQ

How popular is cmux?

cmux has 28.6k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 275 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 265 a week. That made it #51 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to cmux?

Other AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: Cindy (#1), OpenMausBot (#2), Orca (#3), OpenBot (#4), Agent Reach (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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