my understanding is that tmux has a cleaner code base, is more easily configurable, and is actively maintained. by comparison, screen is said to have stagnated

my understanding is that tmux has a cleaner code base, is more easily configurable, and is actively maintained. by comparison, screen is said to have stagnated, and have a convoluted code base. for the moment, i continue to use screen, for the same reasons stated elsewhere: i'm familiar with it, and it's available nearly everywhere. but i'm not averse to experimenting with tmux