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tmux-binder

One sidebar. Every session.

A tmux sidebar for sessions, windows, and panes, with live previews and optional coding-agent activity.

Status
Active
Primary stack
Python
License
MIT
Latest release
v1.0.8
Released
November 2, 2026
GitHub stars
2

Why it exists

Made for the work, not the demo.

tmux-binder keeps the tree of a tmux server in one sidebar. Move through windows and panes to preview them immediately, then press Enter when you want to work there. Opening or closing the sidebar applies everywhere, including detached sessions.

Each window can summarize Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, OpenCode, Pi, Kiro, or Grok even while its pane list stays collapsed. Those hooks are optional and stay off until you install them. The sidebar follows your tmux theme, remembers its width, and needs tmux 3.5 or newer, Python 3.10, and Bash.

Add the plugin with TPMterminal
set -g @plugin 'illegalstudio/tmux-binder'