Byobu - Terminal Multiplexer

Byobu is a GPLv3 open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer. Byobu includes an enhanced profiles, convenient keybindings, configuration utilities, and toggle-able system status notifications for both the GNU Screen window manager and the more modern Tmux terminal multiplexer.

The key benefits are:

It provides easier to remember keybinding to Screen/Tmux.

Terminal sharing is easily done with just two terminal sessions ( same user account ) running byobu.

Automatic resumption of terminal session if remote is reconnected

Byobu defaults to launching tmux.

KEYBINDINGS byobu keybindings can be user defined in /usr/share/byobu/keybindings/ (or within .screenrc if byobu-export was used). The common key bindings are:

   F2 - Create a new window

   F3 - Move to previous window

   F4 - Move to next window

   F5 - Reload profile

   F6 - Detach from this session

   F7 - Enter copy/scrollback mode

   F8 - Re-title a window

   F9 - Configuration Menu

   F12 -  Lock this terminal

   shift-F2 - Split the screen horizontally

   ctrl-F2 - Split the screen vertically

   shift-F3 - Shift the focus to the previous split region

   shift-F4 - Shift the focus to the next split region

   shift-F5 - Join all splits

   ctrl-F6 - Remove this split

   ctrl-F5 - Reconnect GPG and SSH sockets

   shift-F6 - Detach, but do not logout

   alt-pgup - Enter scrollback mode

   alt-pgdn - Enter scrollback mode

   Ctrl-a $ - show detailed status

   Ctrl-a R - Reload profile

   Ctrl-a ! - Toggle key bindings on and off

   Ctrl-a k - Kill the current window

   Ctrl-a ~ - Save the current window's scrollback buffer

SCROLLBACK, COPY, PASTE MODES Each window in Byobu has up to 10,000 lines of scrollback history, which you can enter and navigate using the alt-pgup and alt-pgdn keys. Exit this scrollback mode by hitting enter. You can also easily copy and paste text from scrollback mode. To do so, enter scrollback using alt-pgup or alt-pgdn, press the spacebar to start highlighting text, use up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdn to select the text, and press enter to copy the text. You can then paste the text using alt-insert or ctrl-a-].

   Shift - F1 for Help