Source & documentation:
github.com/jowharshamsh...

MIT licensed. Contributions welcome.

No heavy frameworks. No complex abstractions.
Just a practical tool for organizing terminal output.
Originally built for log monitoring, now useful for system dashboards, CI/CD interfaces, and development workflows.

Control over sockets:

BoxMux features:
- Declarative YAML configuration
- Unix socket API for external control
- Auto-refresh with configurable intervals
- Scrollable panels with overflow handling
- Nested layouts and tabbed interfaces
- Script chaining and output redirection

Use it when you need to:
- Monitor multiple log files simultaneously
- Run & observe multiple scripts/tools
- Build dashboards for system monitoring
- Create interactive terminal interfaces
- Integrate with external tools via socket communication

How it works:
- Define your layout and commands in YAML
- Each command runs in its own thread
- Output is captured and displayed in terminal panels
- External programs can send updates via Unix socket
- Basic navigation, refresh controls, and key bindings

the taste of her tender drumsticks

i might have aged myself here but even if there’s been better recent developments, i stand on principle. non-native ui is a mistake and each and every attempt at it is ultimately a bad idea.

most usable ui framework in java was swt which if i remember correctly was originally ibm’s and people hated it bc it was older than and not integrated with javase. eclipse was the least bad java desktop app bc of it.

nice to know i’m not alone in this :)