tmux-deck 0.1.5

A Tmux session manager. Monitoring multi session Realtime preview.
tmux-deck-0.1.5 is not a library.

Tmux Deck

tmux-deck is a tmux session manager. Monitoring multi session Realtime preview.

Features

  • 🗂️ Tmux Session Management(New, Rename, Kill)
  • 📄 Easy management Windows and Panes between Sessions
  • 👀 Realtime Preview
  • ⚙️ Easy Configure

Quick Start

tmux-deck

session manager

Using in tmux popup

Add following key-bind in your .tmux.conf, tmux-deck would start up on tmux popup.

bind SPACE run-shell "tmux popup -w80% -h80% -E tmux-deck"

popup

Installation

cargo

cargo install tmux-deck     # build from source
cargo binstall tmux-deck    # prebuild-binary

nix run

You can try tmux-deck easily following.

nix run github:takeshid/tmux-deck

Also you can config it like following in your .tmux.conf.

bind SPACE run-shell "tmux popup -w80% -h80% -E nix run github:takeshid/tmux-deck"

flake.nix

if youde use flake, you can add tmux-deck in your flake.nix

{
  inputs = {
    tmux-deck.url = "github:takeshid/tmux-deck";
  };
  outputs = {
    devShells = nixpkgs.lib.mkShell {
        packages = [
        ]
        ++ tmux-deck.packages.x86_64-linux
    };
  };
}

Comparison with Similar Project

tmux-deck takes a different approach compared to other tmux session managers.

Feature tmux-deck tmuxinator tmuxp
Language Rust Ruby Python
Interface TUI (Interactive) CLI CLI
Realtime Preview ✅ ❌ ❌
Multi-session Preview ✅ ❌ ❌
Runtime Dependencies None (single binary) Ruby runtime Python runtime
Configuration Format TOML YAML YAML/JSON
Session Definition Interactive Declarative (YAML) Declarative (YAML/JSON)
Save/Restore Sessions Planned ✅ ✅
Freeze Existing Session - ✅ ✅

Why tmux-deck?

🔴 Realtime Preview

The most distinctive feature of tmux-deck. Preview the actual content of all your tmux sessions in real-time. No more blindly switching between sessions.

🚀 Zero Configuration

Start using immediately without writing any configuration files. Just run tmux-deck and manage your sessions visually.

📦 Single Binary

No runtime dependencies. No Ruby, no Python, no gem/pip packages. Just download and run.

🎯 Interactive TUI

Visual tree structure of sessions, windows, and panes. Navigate with keyboard shortcuts and see changes instantly.

⚡ Fast & Lightweight

Written in Rust for maximum performance and minimal resource usage.

When to use others?

  • tmuxinator/tmuxp: When you need declarative session definitions that can be version-controlled and shared across teams. Ideal for reproducible development environments.
  • tmux-deck: When you need real-time visibility into multiple sessions and prefer interactive management over configuration files.

Status

  • Session Management(New, Rename, Kill)
    • Realtime Preview
    • Search and Filtering(fuzzy find)
    • Saving and Restoring sessions
    • Sort
      • Most Recently Used
      • Alphabet
      • Pinning
  • Multi Preview
    • Injection command to pane
    • Zoom preview
    • Pinning
  • Configure
    • Keybinding
    • Layout
    • Color Theme
  • Misc
    • LLM Integration
    • Installation for nix

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.