tmux-thumbs
A lightning-fast tmux plugin written in Rust for selecting and copying text with vimium-like keyboard hints.
What is tmux-thumbs?
tmux-thumbs is a Rust-based tmux plugin that enables rapid text selection and copying directly within tmux panes. It overlays keyboard hints over matching text patterns like file paths, Git SHAs, and IP addresses, allowing users to quickly yank content into tmux buffers or the system clipboard with minimal keystrokes. It solves the problem of inefficient text selection in terminal multiplexers by providing a vimium-like hinting system.
tmux power users, system administrators, and developers who frequently work in terminal multiplexers and need to quickly copy text such as file paths, commit hashes, or network addresses from tmux panes.
Developers choose tmux-thumbs for its lightning-fast performance due to being written in Rust, extensive customization options for hint appearance and patterns, and the ability to function both as a tmux plugin and a standalone terminal text picker. Its multi-selection capability and OSC52 support for direct system clipboard copying differentiate it from alternatives.
Overview
A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator
Use Cases
Best For
- Rapidly copying Git commit SHAs, file paths, or IP addresses from terminal output within tmux.
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