Herdr
28 September 2026 (Updated 28 September 2026)
What is Herdr?
Herdr is a terminal workspace manager that is useful for organising multiple terminals for a given project.
Glossary
| Term | Description |
| Workspace | A project-level container for your tabs, panes and agents. |
| Tab | A layout inside a workspace. Use tabs to separate views like agents, logs, server or review. |
| Pane | A real terminal. Herdr shows the terminal output, sends your input back to the process and preserves the pane even after a client detach. |
| Session | A persistent Herdr server namsepace. The default herdr command attaches to the default session. |
Agent states
workingblockeddoneidleunknown
Common recipes
List sessions
herdr session listAttach to session
herdr session attach <session>Delete session
herdr session delete <session>Keyboard shortcuts
The default prefix is ctrl+b.
| Action | Key |
| New tab | prefix+c |
| Close pane | prefix+x |
| Zoom the focused pane | prefix+x |
| Split right | prefix+v |
| Split down | prefix+minus |
| Navigate between panes | prefix+h/j/k/l |
| Swap panes | prefix+shift+h/j/k/l |
| Navigate workspaces | prefix+w |
| Detach & leave everything running | prefix+q |
| Toggle sidebar | prefix+b |
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