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cmux vs pi

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cmux

Open source Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents. Built for multitasking, organization, and programmability.

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pi

AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI. pi is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 80.8K GitHub stars and 10K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.

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Factcmuxpi
Official SDK installs, 30 daysNot recordedNot recorded
SDK evidence capturedNot recordedNot recorded
GitHub stars25.4K81.5K
Forks2.1K10.1K
Open issues3.9K90
Last commityesterdayyesterday
Primary languageSwiftTypeScript
LicenseOtherMIT License
Open sourceYesYes
Pricing modelNot recordedNot recorded
FoundedNot recordedNot recorded
CategoriesAI coding assistants & agentsAI coding assistants & agents

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