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Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session

  • Hacker News

I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focused (Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty), and refreshes the Touch Bar w...

  • Published: Apr 20, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 20, 2026
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AI Summary

I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focused (Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty), and refreshes the Touch Bar w...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://github.com/daxliar/tmux-bar.
  • Description: I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focuse....
  • GitHub repository is linked as daxliar/tmux-bar.
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session".
  • Source description: I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focuse....

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-20).
  • Primary public product URL is https://github.com/daxliar/tmux-bar.
  • Description: I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focuse....

Why Now

Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently medium (49/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

39.3

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

2

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session".
  • Source description: I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focuse....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-20.
  • Description: I revived an old idea I had, a small native macOS menu bar app that shows your tmux windows as Touch Bar buttons, so switching windows is one tap away. It runs quietly in the menu bar, watches which terminal is focuse....
  • GitHub repository is linked as daxliar/tmux-bar.
  • Primary public product URL is https://github.com/daxliar/tmux-bar.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-20).
  • A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

  • Public code access can lower evaluation friction for developer audiences.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Release cadence cannot be confirmed unless a changelog or release link is explicitly provided.

Evidence Snapshots

Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session

Listed on Hacker News as "Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session".

Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session GitHub repository

GitHub repository is linked as daxliar/tmux-bar.

Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session official profile

Primary public product URL is https://github.com/daxliar/tmux-bar.

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