amux: Coordinate Parallel AI Coding Agents with Rust and tmux

Overview

amux is a Rust control plane for running Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI agents in parallel. It uses tmux to manage agent sessions and gives them a shared board and messaging, addressing the coordination work involved in running multiple coding agents at once.

The project is aimed at developers who want to supervise a group of agents from one dashboard rather than manage each session separately. It runs locally on macOS and Linux, with browser access and companion apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad; Android users can use the browser dashboard.

Key Features

• A shared task board with atomic claiming to prevent two agents from taking the same task.
• Agent-to-agent messaging for questions, handoffs, and unblocking work.
• Session recovery that restarts crashed or stuck workers.
• Scheduled runs and recurring loops, including time-based schedules.
• Per-worker model and CLI switching across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Ollama.
• Dashboard access from a browser, phone, tablet, or Mac app.
• Local-first storage using SQLite, with an optional hosted amux Cloud service.

Use Cases

• A solo developer can delegate independent coding tasks to several agents and coordinate their work from one board.
• A small engineering team can schedule recurring agent tasks and monitor progress without manually relaying messages between workers.
• A developer running long jobs can use session recovery and an always-on amux Cloud server to keep work going while their laptop is asleep.
• A mobile user can check on workers or approve and steer work away from their development machine.

Getting Started

curl -fsSL https://amux.io/install.sh | bash

Then open https://localhost:8824. You need tmux 3.2+ and at least one supported agent CLI. See the README for setup details and platform options.

License in Plain Words

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Alternatives

• rimz: RimZ centers on terminal sessions in tmux or Zellij, while amux adds a shared task board, schedules, recovery tools, and a dashboard.
• codeg: Codeg coordinates agents through the Agent Client Protocol in a cross-platform workspace, rather than amux’s tmux-based control plane.
• multica: Multica focuses on assigning issues and reviewing agent progress, using a Go backend instead of amux’s Rust and tmux setup.
• Vicoa: Vicoa connects agent CLIs to web, desktop, and Flutter mobile clients through a Python backend and local daemon.

Considerations

• The project is young, despite frequent recent commits and releases. Its measured contributor base is larger than one person, but code contributions are heavily concentrated in a single contributor.
• The measured data shows no issue closures in the recent period, so issue-handling responsiveness is not established by that metric.
• Local use requires tmux 3.2+ and at least one agent CLI. The repository also lists Node.js and Rust as runtimes; it does not list Docker as a requirement.
• The README presents the license as MIT plus Commons Clause, while repository metadata reports NOASSERTION. Review the repository's license files and obligations before adopting it, especially for commercial use.