cmux

Control cmux terminal multiplexer programmatically via its Unix socket API or CLI.

Socket Connection

SOCKET_PATH="${CMUX_SOCKET_PATH:-/tmp/cmux.sock}"

Send JSON-RPC requests:

{"id":"req-1","method":"workspace.list","params":{}}

CLI Quick Reference

# Output as JSON
cmux --json \x3Ccommand>

# Target specific workspace/surface
cmux --workspace \x3Cid> --surface \x3Cid> \x3Ccommand>

Workspace

Splits & Surfaces

Input

Keys: enter, tab, escape, backspace, delete, up, down, left, right

Notifications

cmux notify --title "Title" --body "Body"
# Socket: notification.create

Sidebar Metadata

System

Python Client

import json
import os
import socket

SOCKET_PATH = os.environ.get("CMUX_SOCKET_PATH", "/tmp/cmux.sock")

def rpc(method, params=None, req_id=1):
    payload = {"id": req_id, "method": method, "params": params or {}}
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
        sock.connect(SOCKET_PATH)
        sock.sendall(json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8") + b"\
")
        return json.loads(sock.recv(65536).decode("utf-8"))

# List workspaces
print(rpc("workspace.list", req_id="ws"))

# Send notification
print(rpc("notification.create", {"title": "Hello", "body": "From Python!"}))

Shell Helper

cmux_cmd() {
    SOCK="${CMUX_SOCKET_PATH:-/tmp/cmux.sock}"
    printf "%s\
" "$1" | nc -U "$SOCK"
}

cmux_cmd '{"id":"ws","method":"workspace.list","params":{}}'

Check if cmux is Available

[ -S "${CMUX_SOCKET_PATH:-/tmp/cmux.sock}" ] && echo "cmux socket available"
command -v cmux &>/dev/null && echo "cmux CLI available"