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I checked out Zellij a while ago, because it looked all shiny, but then realized that tmux (that I've been using for years) does everything that zellij does, except it is more widespread (runs on remote systems which are not the most recent versions) and better debugged. So I went back to using tmux. But at least I got motivated to learn more about tmux :-)

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Not accounting for tastes and preferences, but it is decidedly not true that tmux does everything Zellij does (just some very minor examples are: true floating panes, true multiplayer support, stacked panes, etc.)

As for prevalence: this very often has to do with the distributions themselves and their ability to accept certain (rust) dependencies.

Otherwise though, I always say Zellij is not competing with tmux. That tool choices should be more equivalent to clothing choices than to choosing a school for your kids. Choose what you like, there should not be religious disagreements here.

Yes, I should have been more precise (this is HN after all): tmux does everything I need. I don't use things like floating panes, nor do I intend to.

I had the same experience. Zellij is cool, but tmux is everywhere, so spending the time to learn tmux properly was well worth it.

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