Rex by Superlogical
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 11 terminal multiplexers by recommenders
People praise its polished look, fast performance and remote access, and say it keeps services running and restarts them. Critics note it lacks Headscale support and quick select.
People praise its polished look, fast performance and remote access, and say it keeps services running and restarts them. Critics note it lacks Headscale support and quick select.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished look, feel and performance
“Rex has the polish, attention to detail, and attention to performance.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Herdr has released native app” “It's really, really good. Feels and looks great.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Herdr has released native app” Keeps services running and restarts them
“it maintains my services and restarts them accordingly”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Herdr has released native app” “smartly use herdr (also using rex) to set up a persistent service on those computers”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Herdr has released native app” Good remote access and iOS app
“its remote access is pretty slick”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “Ghostty 1.4” “it's great and I really like the iOS app too”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Ghostty 1.4”
Other terminal multiplexers people recommend
The four most recommended other terminal multiplexers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tmux | 411 | 111 | 79% | 12 | 10 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| Herdr | 232 | 68 | 77% | 7 | 1 mo18 owners | Approved |
| Zellij | 93 | 33 | 74% | 12 | 2 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| GNU Screen | 33 | 11 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Rex by SuperlogicalThis page | 21 | 2 | 91% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
24 of the 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Rex is cool, but I feel gimped because all the cool stuff happens over Tailscale but it doesn't support headscale.”
“built on libghostty with the multiplexing and agent integration built in”
“Then i got an invite to Rex from superlogical, and I was free! Only to find out it's the same damn thing”
“Rex has the polish, attention to detail, and attention to performance.”
“it maintains my services and restarts them accordingly”
“It's really, really good. Feels and looks great.”
“I have more faith in team behind Rex so not putting the time in for Herdr.”
“smartly use herdr (also using rex) to set up a persistent service on those computers”
“seems quite nice but is also missing quick select”
“I am fiending for an invite to Rex.”
“its remote access is pretty slick”
“damn, i don’t check this stuff for a month and boom now i must try Rex!”
“Rex will allow me to use my old workflow again.”
“it's great and I really like the iOS app too”
“I recommend checking out https://github.com/peterkelly/rex”
“rex makes a good central place to evolve a set of helper code”
“Rex does let you hang the kernel.”
“the framing is weird; why compare it to eBPF vs just making a mechanism to load kernel modules written in Rust”
“They're both insecure in different ways.”
“This is a pretty cool project”
“do replace you custom kernel modules with it where viable”
“Safe Rust will prevent accidental mistakes even if you could technically circumvent it”
“It is not an eBPF replacement for many reasons. But could be a slightly safer alternative to kernel modules.”
“this is a security nightmare of an idea”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.