# Nana vs tmux, Windows Terminal, and Warp

Nana is a terminal multiplexer for Windows built for running AI coding agents
such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode side by side. This page compares it
with tools people often use for the same job, so you can pick the right one.

## At a glance

| | Nana | tmux | Windows Terminal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runs natively on Windows | Yes | No; needs WSL, MSYS2, or Cygwin | Yes |
| Tabs and split panes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Programs keep running after you close the window | Yes, in `nana-server` | Yes, after you detach | No; it can restore tabs and text on restart, but the programs stop |
| Shows if a coding agent is working, waiting, or done | Yes, for 12 agents | No | No |
| Creates and manages git worktrees | Yes | No | No |
| Sessions on a remote machine that survive disconnects | Yes, over SSH | Yes, if tmux runs on the remote machine | No, unless you run tmux there |
| Price | Free beta | Free, open source | Free, open source |
| Source code | Closed | Open | Open |

## Nana vs tmux

tmux is the standard terminal multiplexer on Linux and macOS. It is keyboard
driven, scriptable, and keeps sessions alive after you detach.

- **Pick tmux** if you work mainly on Linux or macOS, live in the keyboard, and
  already have a tmux setup you like.
- **Pick Nana** if you work on Windows and want the same "sessions keep
  running" model with a native app, agent status, worktrees, and diff review
  built in. Nana also installs its server on Linux and macOS machines over SSH,
  so remote sessions survive disconnects too.

## Nana vs Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is Microsoft's terminal for Windows, with tabs, panes, and
profiles for PowerShell, Command Prompt, and WSL.

- **Pick Windows Terminal** for a general-purpose terminal that ships with
  Windows.
- **Pick Nana** when you run several long agent sessions. Windows Terminal does
  not know which tab has an agent waiting for you, and closing it stops the
  programs running in it. Nana keeps them running and notifies you.

## Nana vs Warp

Warp is a terminal with its own AI agent built in, and it runs on Windows.

- **Pick Warp** if you want the terminal itself to be the AI agent.
- **Pick Nana** if you already use agent CLIs such as Claude Code, Codex, or
  OpenCode and want to run many of them at once, each on its own worktree.
  Nana does not include its own model: it works with the agents you already
  have, and uses one of them to write commit messages and pull requests.

## Try Nana

Nana is free during the beta and needs Windows 10 or newer. Install it from
PowerShell, no administrator rights needed:

```powershell
irm https://nana.areshk.dev/install.ps1 | iex
```

Next: [Run multiple Claude Code agents in parallel on Windows](https://nana.areshk.dev/docs/guides/multiple-claude-code-agents-windows.md).