# Technical Documentation: tmate-io/tmate > ℹ️ **Provenance:** Standard README.md · [CodeWiki Reference](https://codewiki.google/github.com/tmate-io/tmate) · Recency: Active (< 180 days) tmate ===== What is it? ----------- Tmate is a fork of tmux. It provides an instant pairing solution. License ------- tmate is built on top of tmux. tmux and tmate are BSD-licensed. --- METRICS --- - Files Extracted: 1 - Estimated Token Budget: ~47 tokens - Recency Window: Active (< 180 days) - Canonical Reference: https://codewiki.google/github.com/tmate-io/tmate