tuios
A terminal window manager that knows what your agents are doing. Tiling panes, workspaces, sessions that survive restarts, and one Inbox for every coding agent.
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Overview
Tuios is a terminal‑based window manager that adds tiling, workspaces and persistent sessions to the shell you already use. It runs as a single program that draws one frame inside your terminal, while a background daemon keeps the underlying processes alive when you detach.
The tool arranges panes across nine workspaces, letting you split the screen into multiple independent terminal cells. Each pane has its own terminal emulator, border and title, and the layout is managed by a binary space‑partitioning tree. You can also open floating windows, such as a scratch terminal, that appear over the tiled panes and can be toggled with a shortcut (Ctrl +B g). The dock and sidebar are drawn as additional layers, so the entire interface is composed of panes, floating windows and chrome stacked by depth.
Tuios is aimed at developers who run several coding agents, processes that perform tasks like editing, testing or building, in parallel. The daemon monitors these agents and reports their status to a central Inbox, which aggregates everything the agents are waiting on. Because the daemon owns every PTY, the programs continue running even after you close the terminal; you can reattach later and resume the same session. The system also supports reaching other machines, allowing you to keep sessions alive across remote hosts.
The interface is driven by a single frame written to the terminal, so it works in any terminal emulator that can display standard ANSI output. The demo shows a session list, pane contents with diff views, and a simple file browser. You interact with panes using keyboard shortcuts, and the layout updates instantly as you open, close or move windows. The project is open source on GitHub and can be tried directly in a browser for a five‑minute preview.
Key features
- Tile panes across nine workspaces with BSP‑based layout
- Persistent sessions managed by a daemon that keeps PTYs alive after detaching
- Floating scratch terminal that can be shown or hidden with a shortcut
- Central Inbox that aggregates pending actions from coding agents in each pane
- Compatibility with any terminal that supports ANSI output
- Ability to reach and maintain sessions on remote machines
Details
- Pricing
- Free
- Category
- Agents
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Pros and cons
Pros
- Provides true session persistence across terminal closures
- Supports multiple workspaces and floating windows within a single terminal
- Centralized Inbox gives visibility into agent activity
- Open‑source code and browser demo for quick evaluation
Cons
- No pricing information is published on the site
- Documentation on configuration details is limited in the provided text
- Requires a daemon process, which may add complexity for some users
- No explicit mention of Windows‑specific support or native binaries.
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