Byobu is an enhancement for the

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used with the

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that can be used to provide on-screen notification or status, and tabbed multi-window management. It is intended to improve terminal sessions when users connect to remote servers.

History

Version 1.0, under the name Screen Profiles, came out of discussions at the 2008 Ubuntu Developer Summit about how to simplify the on screen notification of an administrator connected to a server. The project was renamed to Byobu for its 2.0 release, from the Japanese ''

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'' folding screen. Byobu 3.0 reworked the build system to use

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and allow for porting to other

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operating systems. Byobu 4.0 introduced screen splitting, reworked the status notification system, and added support for tmux profiles. The most significant change that Byobu 5.0 introduces is a shift from GNU Screen to

as the default backend. Originally written for

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, it has since been ported to multiple other

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s and other

operating systems.

References

External links

* {{Official site
Ubuntu Manpage

Project home

How To Install and Use Byobu for Terminal Management on Ubuntu 16.04
Stephen Rees-Carter, digitalocean.com, August 4, 2016

Juliet Kemp, ServerWatch, October 4, 2010
Use byobu for extended features in your terminal window
Jack Wallen, ghacks.net, November 16, 2010 Free system software Terminal multiplexers