# workmux

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/workmux/

10 people recommended workmux in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 11 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** An opinionated tmux and git worktree setup for running coding agents in parallel, described as clean and flexible.

Summary written by Claude from the comments below.

## Why people recommend it

- Ties tmux, worktrees and agents together (3 comments in the sample): "I’ve been using (and loving) https://github.com/raine/workmux which brings together tmux, git worktrees, and CLI agents into an opinionated workflow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029809)) "It gets you 90% of herdr but through tmux (or any terminal multiplexer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155570)) "tmux users might find this useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984541))
- Runs several agent PRs concurrently (2 comments in the sample): "You can one-shot several whole PRs concurrently with this setup." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699893)) "meaning worktrees are even more essential now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577435))
- Clean, flexible setup (2 comments in the sample): "It makes for such a clean setup." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155661)) "Significantly more flexibility." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204129))
- Long-term users who like it (2 comments in the sample): "I‘ve been using Workmux[1] for a while now and love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489329)) "just set it up and liking it so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46044448))

## What people recommend instead

- [Worktrunk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/worktrunk/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "workmux", https://hackerapproved.com/p/workmux/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.