Borrowing from Browsers: New Terminal Multiplexer Introduces App Icons
evilrabbit_ · x · 2026-08-04
As developers increasingly rely on terminals for multi-machine, multi-process workflows, the terminal has evolved into a full-time workspace. The author is designing a new terminal multiplexer that borrows concepts from web browsers—blurring local and remote, long-lived sessions and throwaway tabs. It introduces favicon-like icons for terminal apps (dubbed 'Deck icons') to visually represent custom layouts of multiple running processes.
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