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Byobu

Byobu is a text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer created by Dustin Kirkland that wraps tmux or GNU Screen. It is free software under the GNU GPL version 3.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source

  1. Byobu is GPLv3-licensed open source software for Linux, BSD and macOS, with source hosted on GitHub.[1]

  2. The byobu source is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 of the License, with copyright held by Canonical Ltd. and Dustin Kirkland.[2]

  3. The project was originally created by Dustin Kirkland to enhance GNU Screen for the Ubuntu server distribution and now supports both GNU Screen and tmux.[3]

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References

  1. Byobu — Text-based window manager & terminal multiplexer · byobu.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. byobu/usr/bin/byobu.in at master · dustinkirkland/byobu · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Byobu — Text-based window manager & terminal multiplexer · byobu.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
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