Curtab - Multi-Process Terminal Manager

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Idea

Running multiple dev servers (frontend, API, database, etc.) requires either alt-tabbing between windows or dealing with messy concurrent output. Curtab lets you run each command in its own interactive terminal tab with real PTY support, so you can see colored output and interact with each process separately. Target users are full-stack developers tired of juggling terminal windows.

Why this is interesting

The rise of increasingly complex local dev environments — microservices, containerized stacks, AI model servers running alongside APIs — means the "juggling terminals" pain is getting worse, not better. Tmux and iTerm2 split panes are the obvious substitutes, and most developers already have them installed, which is the central problem: the competition isn't another SaaS, it's a free habit. The $500–2k/mo revenue band is realistic only if this ships as a one-time purchase or very cheap license, because charging a recurring fee for terminal multiplexing is a genuinely hard sell to developers who feel they already have the problem solved. The most likely failure mode is that the target user tries it, likes it, then cancels because they can't justify paying monthly for something tmux does for free.

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