Rmuxinator is pre-alpha, but it is functional and I plan to keep picking at it as I find time. (For instance, project configuration files are implicitly typechecked by Serde which cleaves off a bunch of ad hoc validation that happens in tmuxinator.) This is not a performance critical project, but it should eventually be much faster, too. In addition to greatly simplifying distribution of the utility, the program is much more robust due to Rust's nature. Since I'd been experimenting with Rust for some time and wanted to dive into a project that might actually be useful, I've started working on a tmuxinator successor written in Rust: rmuxinator. There are ways to 'simplify' the distribution of Ruby gems by shipping a Ruby interpreter along with the library or using containers, but, IMO, both of those options are too complex. The project is available via a few different package managers, but those can/do present other problems relating to the issues mentioned above. Installing and using the library can be problematic for people not familiar with the Ruby ecosystem. as a result of the project being written in Ruby (its dynamic runtime, reliance on RubyGems, etc.).

Tmuxinator is widely used and stable, but there are regularly issues arising around installation, distribution, etc. Tmux session for todo app with different windows and panes.I'm one of the maintainers of tmuxinator, a Ruby library which allows users to manage tmux sessions using project configuration files. To start the development setup using tmuxinator in terminal. rails_console: bundle exec rails console Root: ~/Documents/react-practice/todo-appĪbove will create a window name react_project, change root folder for this window to react app then will start react server and git in 2 horizontal equally split panes.Ī sample tmuxinator file for starting rails and react server. You can define panes in window which splits the screen Then you can define you different windows are shownĪbove will create a window name server and start the rails server in the specified root folder. Root: ~/Documents/react-practice/todo-api To start creating new project template in terminal: tmuxinator new Ī editor is opened with yml file for project setup. We can create a predefined template using tmuxinator. We have a sample rails project as backend and react project as frontend. Tmuxinator is a tool that allows you to easily manage tmux sessions by using yaml files to describe the layout of a tmux session, and open up that session with a single command. That's all the commands we need to get going with tmuxinator. Delete or kill session: tmux kill-session -t docker.Rename session: tmux rename-session -t 0 git.Switch between windows: Ctrl + a + 0 OR Ctrl + a + 1.Switch between windows: Ctrl + a + n OR Ctrl + a + p.Open your terminal and start a tmux session by typing It lets you switch between several programs inside one terminal, detach and reattach them to a different terminal at will. Using tmux you can create different windows and panes within one window of one terminal and move around these windows and panes. In this blog, we will setup and startup development environment using tmux and tmuxinator.Īs tmuxinator is based on tmux, first we will take a look into tmux and its basic commands, then we will create yml templates for project setup.

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