Awesome Tmux Resources

Awesome Tmux

A list of awesome resources for tmux. List of helpful tmux links for various tutorials, plugins, and configuration settings.

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Tutorials

• Automatically start tmux on SSH
• Tmux crash course
• Tmux primer
• Using tmux for semi-interactive demos
• Tmux and Vim together
• Tmux Tutorial for Beginners

Cheat Sheets

• tmux-cheatsheet.markdown

Configuration

• Oh My Tmux! Powerline-like theme, vim bindings, SSH aware, improved maximize pane, …
• Example tmux config Example tmux configuration – screen + vim key-bindings, system stat, cpu load bar
• Guide to customizing tmux.conf
• practical tmux
• tmux-extra Configuration and scripts for sane Tmux default behavior
• tmux yank to system clipboard A way to get the System Clipboard to work with tmux yank on a Mac via pbcopy and linux via xclip

Tools and session management

• automux Wrappers to tmux commands, usefull for tmux based automation
• dmux Configurable tmux workspace manager written in Rust
• libtmux Python API for tmux
• powerline Statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications including tmux
• smug A session manager for tmux written in Go
• tat Tab completion for tmux sessions
• teamocil A simple tool used to automatically create windows and panes in tmux with YAML files
• tmex A minimalist tmux layout manager
• tmux-cssh Tmux with a “ClusterSSH”-like behavior
• tmux-suspend Suspend local session for painlessly working with nested remote session.
• tmux-up Bootstrap new tmux sessions without complex tools, DSLs, or dependencies
• tmuxake A side-pane manager for tmux
• tmuxifier Tmuxify your Tmux. Powerful session, window & pane management for Tmux.
• tmuxinator Manage complex tmux sessions easily
• tmuxomatic Intelligent tmux session management
• tmuxp tmux session manager and python library
• tmuxpair Command line script for setting up a temporary tmux session for pair programming
• vim-tmux-navigator Vim and tmux integration

Themes

• tmux-base16-statusline Statusline based on base16-shell
• tmux-colors-solarized A color theme for the tmux terminal multiplexer using Ethan Schoonover’s Solarized color scheme
• tmux-power 8 powerline style themes for tmux, easily to expand.
• tmux-themepack Various themes for tmux
• tomorrow: 5 flavors of Tomorrow theme based on specifications from Tomorrow Theme (i.e. dark/blue and light).
• dracula/tmux  The official dracula theme for tmux
• nord tmux An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant tmux color theme.
• tmux-gruvbox Light and dark tmux theme
• tmux-nova Fully customizable tmux theme

Status Bar

• aws-tmux Tmux plugin that gives you access to some (potentially) useful information about AWS.
• gitmux Show Git status in tmux status bar
• tmux-battery Plug and play battery percentage and icon indicator for Tmux.
• tmux-colortag a plugin/theme that colors the tmux window tags.
• tmux-cpu Show CPU load with easy icons
• tmux-cpu-info CPU usage gauge to status bar
• tmux-maildir-counter Plugin that counts files on a specific mail directory
• tmux-mem-cpu-load CPU, RAM memory, and load monitor for use with tmux
• tmux-mode-indicator Displays prompt indicating currently active Tmux mode.
• tmux-mpv-info Displays the current song playing with MPV in your tmux status bar.
• tmux-network-bandwidth Show network bandwidth
• tmux-nordvpn Monitor the current NordVPN connection status.
• tmux-online-status Tmux plugin that displays online status of your computer
• tmux-piavpn Keep track of your Private Internet Access VPN status.
• tmux-pomodoro-plus Incorporate the Pomodoro technique into your tmux workflow
• tmux-prefix-highlight Plugin that highlights when you press tmux prefix key
• tmux-spotify-info Spotify track info on your status bar (OSX)
• tmux-spotify-info Spotify track info on your status bar (Linux)
• tmux-weather Add weather status via forcast.io
• tmux-weather Show current weather using wttr.in
• tmux-weather-info-yr Displays the current temperature and weather based on your location via yr.no
• tmux-world-clock Show multiple timezones using Olson tz database.

Plugins

• tmux2html  Render full tmux windows or individual panes as HTML
• tmux-better-mouse-mode A tmux plugin to better manage and configure the mouse.
• extrakto tmux clipboard copy and output completions
• muxile – View and control your tmux session from your mobile.
• tmux-autoreload – Watches your tmux configuration file and automatically reloads it on change.
• tmux-bitwarden Access your Bitwarden login items in a tmux pane.
• tmux-copytk – Multi utility rapid copy toolkit.
• tmux-easy-motion vim-easymotion like navigation for tmux.
• tmux-fingers copy pasting in terminal with vimium/vimperator like hints.
• tmux-fuzzback Search your scrollback buffer using fzf.
• tmux-fzf-url For opening urls from browser quickly without mouse.
• tmux-notify A plugin to notify you when processes complete.
• tmux-thumbs A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator
• tmux-1password Access your 1Password login items in a tmux pane.
• tmux-jump Vimium/Easymotion like navigation for tmux.
• tmux-simple-git-status Show branch and number of changes in current git repository
• tmux-spotify Show a nice menu to manage Spotify application
• tmux-super-fingers like fingers, but also opens files in vim.
• tmux-tilish Turn tmux into a dynamic window manager with intuitive keybindings (inspired by i3wm/sway)
• tmux-wormhole Use tmux to download files with magic wormhole
• tmux-plugins Official tmux plugins
  • tmux-continuum Continuous saving of tmux environment. Automatic restore when tmux is started. Automatic tmux start when computer is turned on.
  • tmux-copycat A plugin that enhances tmux search
  • tmux-fpp Quickly open any path on your terminal window in your $EDITOR of choice!
  • tmux-logging Easy logging and screen capturing for Tmux.
  • tmux-open Tmux key bindings for quick opening of a highlighted file or url
  • tmux-pain-control standard pane key-bindings for tmux
  • tmux-resurrect Persists tmux environment across system restarts.
  • tmux-sessionist Lightweight tmux utils for manipulating sessions
  • tmux-sidebar A sidebar with the directory tree for the current path. Tries to make tmux more IDE like.
  • tmux-tpm Tmux Plugin Manager
  • tmux-urlview Quickly open any url on your terminal window! (No commits since 2016, see tmux-urlscan or tmux-fzf-url for a maintained alternative.)
  • tmux-yank Tmux plugin for copying to system clipboard. Works on OSX, Linux and Cygwin.

Development and testing

• tmux-example-plugin Example Tmux plugin that actually demonstrates how to build plugins for Tmux
• tmux-test A small framework for isolated testing of tmux plugins.

Books

• tmux 2: Productive Mouse-Free Development
• The Tao of tmux

Miscellaneous

• sixel-tmux a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics
• Statically linked tmux Install new version without root access
• sublime-tmux Sublime Text plugin to interact with tmux sessions
• vim-tmux vim plugin for tmux.conf
• tmux-tail-f A tool to tail multiple files using tmux

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