About
Zellij is a newer terminal multiplexer. It shows its keybindings on screen and supports shareable layout files. Friendlier for newcomers than older tools, it still handles panes, tabs and detaching. Try it if you like sessions but find default keybindings hard to remember.
Install it
pkg install zellij
Run this inside Termux. If the package is already present, pkg will say so and
do nothing.
Commands worth knowing
5 of the invocations you will actually reach for. Tap the copy button to put one on your clipboard.
zellij Start a new workspace with the default layout. An on-screen hint bar shows the keys you can press. zellij -s work Give the new session a name. List and attach to it later. zellij attach work Rejoin a session you left running in the background. Its tabs and panes return. zellij list-sessions Show every live session with its name and age. zellij setup --check Inspect the environment. Reports whether anything needed for full terminal support is missing. Worked example
Run zellij list-sessions and this is what you should see.
$ zellij list-sessions
work [Created 12m ago] (current)
build [Created 2h ago]
scratch [Created 3d ago] Developed by
Zellij contributors · released under MIT.