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Herdr is a Rust terminal multiplexer for organizing workspaces, tabs and splits alongside terminal agents. This review compares its everyday controls with tmux and Zellij, then walks through installation, remote access and configuration. The speaker reports an 11 MB binary and a download and installation that took less than a second on his setup.
The demonstration focuses on mouse controls, keyboard hints and a sidebar that tracks agent activity. Pi and OpenCode appear in the agent panel; task completion brings configurable color indicators, notifications and sounds. Workspaces group tabs and splits within a session. The CLI communicates with a server API and returns JSON for operations such as listing panes, creating tabs and sending keys.
For server use, the speaker installs Herdr on his Linux home lab and demonstrates a remote connection using an SSH configuration entry. He also accesses that server through Termius on iOS. The interface adapts to the phone, though he finds the small screen awkward for work. This is remote terminal access, rather than an on-device model demonstration.
The review also covers command keybindings and session handoff, which preserves layout and terminal history. The speaker says live handoff requires Herdr's own updater. Rough edges include agent renaming through complicated IDs and JSON, plus missing tmux features he relies on, such as floating panes. He plans to keep tmux locally and use Herdr on his home lab.
