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

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"

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.