# 🔗 Beware the side quest: tmux vs. herdr

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-09-20
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/09/20/beware-the-side-quest-tmux-vs-herdr/
- Categories: link, technology
- Tags: technology

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> I keep seeing people talk about [herdr](https://herdr.dev/), so against my better judgment, I searched up *tmux vs. herdr*.

*Source:* [Beware the side quest: tmux vs. herdr](https://sals.place/blog/search-tmux-vs-herdr/)

I won't give it away. Go read it. I went down a similar rabbit hole around [`tinycast`](https://tinycast.dev/), [`vehla`](https://vehla.app/), [`tuna`](https://tunaformac.com/), [`Supercmd 2`](https://supercmd.sh/), and [`Vicinae`](https://www.vicinae.com/). I still end up back in [`Alfred`](https://www.alfredapp.com/). 

One might consider that adventure fruitless. To me, the journey is just as useful. Like any good travel, it forces you to reconsider your premise and see things from a different perspective. You might come back home, but you come back with _clarity._

**Related:** More of my own launcher side quests: [Launchers and me](/blog/2026/05/02/launchers-and-me/).