17 comments

  • mark_l_watson12 minutes ago
    Nice! I have been using herdr for a few months, love it and for me it is a step up from years using tmux. The new native Herdr app is yet another step up. I use multiple Macs with Tailscale connections and the Herdr app makes jumping around to different projects and different machines easier.
  • flippant1 hour ago
    I switched to herdr this year after a decade of using tmux, and I haven&#x27;t looked back since. Herdr is wonderful, not only because of the coding agent integrations, but also because it uses libghostty under the hood. So no terminal-emulator-inside-another-terminal-emulator shenanigans.<p>If you prefer GUIs, I can recommend herdr-gpui which connects to a herdr daemon. It has a bunch of goodies like remote phone pairing, and a built-in browser integration to send screenshots and notes to coding agents.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;penso&#x2F;herdr-gpui" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;penso&#x2F;herdr-gpui</a>
    • FluffyPancake49 minutes ago
      &gt; Herdr is wonderful, not only because of the coding agent integrations, but also because it uses libghostty under the hood. So no terminal-emulator-inside-another-terminal-emulator shenanigans.<p>Now I’m interested. Does it have basic feature parity? How does it compare to tmux in your experience?
    • yoyohello1348 minutes ago
      I&#x27;ve been using Zellij a long time and considered using Herdr, but the VC funding aspect scares me. I don&#x27;t want to invest a bunch of time in a tool that&#x27;s going to treat me as a product.
      • skinfaxi45 minutes ago
        It&#x27;s open source so if that changes you can always fork? I already have some personalizations accruing on my fork.
      • desireco4237 minutes ago
        I used Zellij in the past, it is also fantastic and intuitive product. I had issues with... I think selection and copying and pasting which made me abandon it as I was getting frustrated. Herdr has been wonderful and I&#x27;ve been using it for a while.
  • DaSHacka33 minutes ago
    Darn, title had me thinking they released a mobile app to compliment the TUI daemon.<p>termux+mosh is <i>fine</i>, but especially on a phone I&#x27;d love a slightly more intuitive (or really, efficient) UI. Especially as mosh breaks touch&#x2F;mouse input on the remote host.<p>I&#x27;ve never understood the point of the desktop GUI harnesses to run TUI (or at the very least, primarily text-based) programs anyway, but perhaps they&#x27;re better for onboarding less tech-savvy users.
    • sooheon22 minutes ago
      Have you tried moshi? It’s Herdr aware.<p>Tui-in-guis like orca are nice mostly because of sensible keybinds without prefix or leader
    • adamisnotroman18 minutes ago
      try cosyra mobile. Its the best mobile client for herdr. It uses websocket and is has a really smooth ux.
  • oefrha18 minutes ago
    Supports SSH to remote machines out of the box, cool. I wonder if the protocol is more efficient than the TUI over SSH, would be nice on crappy connections when traveling.
    • adamisnotroman15 minutes ago
      the poor experience on a crappy network connection is an SSH problem unfortunately
      • oefrha10 minutes ago
        It is, but if you send more efficient deltas, batch packets more intelligently, and introduce non-blocking UI tricks, the experience can be improved by quite a bit. mosh demonstrates some of that.
  • yodon23 minutes ago
    A native app is definitely a good thing.<p>herdr is great, and the original runs-in-a-terminal vision was cool, but at least on OSX it has a ton of selection management bugs that are pretty sucky.
  • sangupta1 hour ago
    Haven&#x27;t used Herdr before - was looking at README and was looking to check screenshots and documentation. However, Chrome reports the SSL cert to the site <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;herdr.dev">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;herdr.dev</a> as invalid. Will wait till it gets resolved.
    • skinfaxi42 minutes ago
      I think it&#x27;s just you <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssllabs.com&#x2F;ssltest&#x2F;analyze.html?d=herder.dev&amp;latest" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssllabs.com&#x2F;ssltest&#x2F;analyze.html?d=herder.dev&amp;la...</a>
  • game_the0ry28 minutes ago
    This is the first time I have even hear of Herdr, and I try to make an effort to follow ai.<p>It&#x27;s getting very difficult to keep up with all the agent harnesses coming out. I love ai but wow its hard to keep up.
    • ramraj0722 minutes ago
      Herdr is not exactly obscure. I would argue your effort to follow ai hasn’t been that effective.
  • jbellis49 minutes ago
    If you like Herdr, you might also appreciate <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BrokkAi&#x2F;mjolnir&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BrokkAi&#x2F;mjolnir&#x2F;</a>, which is similar in its multiplexing features (although built on ACP) but offers cross-provider subagents, memory and session log sync, live migration of sessions across profiles and providers, and load balancing across multiple subscriptions.
  • ziofill30 minutes ago
    &gt; Usage telemetry is on by default in releases. Turn it off in Settings → Privacy.<p>Probably a good idea if you work with sensitive data (and you’re already on Zero Data Retention)
  • tiffanyh53 minutes ago
    What’s the planned monetization model for all the terminal multiplexers backed by VC funding like Herdr, Rex, etc?
    • oefrha4 minutes ago
      Being acquired for $10B by $1T companies.
    • skinfaxi44 minutes ago
      If the terminal is just a screen to a remote, they will sell you the remote, completely integrated into the harness.
    • adamisnotroman49 minutes ago
      I think they are all planning to make money on selling cloud or inference
  • pupppet58 minutes ago
    How does it compare to CMUX?
  • jauntywundrkind7 minutes ago
    Which of these various new multiplexers (herdr, cmux, etc) work over ssh, and which have protocols underneath?<p>I&#x27;ve been scripting tmux for a while now, and it&#x27;s not the greatest. And when I have a bunch of opencode sessions rolling along often my tmux could usage is smoking. I&#x27;d be happy to try other things. But I&#x27;d way rather get into something with protocols, that is open to play.
  • Hitech-Redneck40 minutes ago
    I&#x27;ve been holding this at arms length. Interested, but I&#x27;m so stuck on tmux.
  • adamisnotroman50 minutes ago
    Yep it’s awesome. I’m going to integrate the core engine to my mobile app so I can control it remotely.
    • skinfaxi41 minutes ago
      Collie already does pretty well. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;AltanS&#x2F;collie" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;AltanS&#x2F;collie</a>
      • blntechie11 minutes ago
        Just termius + tmux works for me on my Android phone and iPad. I have a ntfy topic to alert from Pi when it needs something.
  • Skunkleton52 minutes ago
    There is a Windows 98 mode w&#x2F; minesweeper, solitaire, and clippy!<p>Edit: oh neat! Its self editing.
  • desireco4256 minutes ago
    I don&#x27;t think I need it, but Herdr has been absolutely rock solid for me. And I have this app Pairfob that I can check things up on the phone if I really want to. And while I don&#x27;t use it quite as often, seems to be more solid then Chatgpt (Codex) and other apps.<p>I have 2 machines and laptop linked together and running things have never been easier.