If you're used to Vim key binding, you should feel at home with tmux after setting up Vim-like keybindings to move around (select panes/windows and resize):

If you're used to Vim key binding, you should feel at home with tmux after setting up Vim-like keybindings to move around (select panes/windows and resize): bind h select-pane -L bind l select-pane -R bind k select-pane -U bind j select-pane -D bind -r C-h select-window -t :- bind -r C-l select-window -t :+ bind -r H resize-pane -L 5 bind -r J resize-pane -D 5 bind -r K resize-pane -U 5 bind -r L resize-pane -R 5 I read Brian Hogan's 2012 edition of "tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development". It was short and made me comfortable enough with tmux that since then I rarely ever use the terminal without starting a tmux session first. I see now that the book has been revised in 2016 for tmux 2 and perhaps I'll re-read it to see what I've missed.