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I switched to Zellij[1] a few years back, and I've been enjoying Sixel support since sometime in 2022. If you're looking to shake up your workflow, I find it's a vastly superior experience to tmux out of the box. It ships with all the features I would otherwise add through external plugins and convoluted configuration scripts by default while remaining significantly more stable and more performant.

[1] https://zellij.dev/

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My favorite feature about Zellij is the ability to have as many floating panes in arbitrary locations as desired. The way it works is that there are 2 "layers" of panes: the normal tiled panes, and a layer of floating panes that exists in front of the tiled panes. The floating layer can be toggled on and off, and the floating panes can be overlapping with each other. I have my ordered tiled panes that I work on normally, and then I can bring up my messy desktop of panes that I have lots of freedom in how I organize, more akin to an actual desk.

It's a bit silly, and certainly not necessary, but I like it a lot.

I can only second this comment. I discovered it a while back and it has been a pleasant experience ever since. I still use both though, depending on availibility.

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