tmux2k

Make tmux powerful and pretty 🥊💅

tmux2k is a highly customizable framework designed to enhance your tmux status bar, providing you with a sleek and informative interface for your terminal sessions.

• Informative Display: Essential system stats, git info, weather, and more.
• Plugin Ecosystem: Extensive plugins for system monitoring and version control.
• Easy Customization: Intuitive configuration and flexible architecture.
• Real-Time Updates: Dynamic content rendering for a responsive experience.

• A patched nerd font for powerline and glyphs support.

If you are a tpm user, you can install the theme and keep up to date by adding the following to your .tmux.conf file:

set -g @plugin '2kabhishek/tmux2k'

Run tmux and use the tpm install command: prefix + I (default prefix is ctrl+b)

You can also directly clone the repo to your ~/.tmux/plugins/ folder.

• default
• default icons
• catppuccin
• catppuccin icons
• gruvbox
• gruvbox icons
• monokai
• monokai icons
• onedark
• onedark icons
• duo
• duo icons
• duo blue
• default no powerline

To use themes:

# use a theme
set -g @tmux2k-theme 'onedark'

# to show icons only
set -g @tmux2k-icons-only true

# to customize duo bg and fg
set -g @tmux2k-duo-fg "#1688f0" # this will get you duo blue shown above
set -g @tmux2k-duo-bg "#000000" # this will set the bg for duo theme

# to set powerline symbols
set -g @tmux2k-right-sep  # alternate right status bar sep
set -g @tmux2k-window-list-right-sep  # alternate window list right sep

# to not show powerline
set -g @tmux2k-show-powerline false

# set session icon, accpets: `session`, 'window`, or any string
set -g @tmux2k-session-icon " #S" # `#W` for window name

Base Colors

• white, gray, black
• light_blue, blue, dark_blue
• light_green, green, dark_green
• light_orange, orange, dark_orange
• light_pink, pink, dark_pink
• light_purple, purple, dark_purple
• light_red, red, dark_red
• light_yellow, yellow, dark_yellow

UI Colors

• text: Text color. Default: black
• bg_main: Background color. Default: black
• bg_alt: Alt Background color. Default: gray
• message_bg: Message background color. Default: blue
• message_fg: Message text color. Default: black
• pane_active_border: Active pane border color. Default: blue
• pane_border: Inactive pane border color. Default: black
• prefix_highlight: Highlight color for active prefix. Default: blue

To customize theme colors:

set -g @tmux2k-light-yellow '#f8c800' # change light yellow base color
set -g @tmux2k-bg-main '#ffffff' # change bg to white
set -g @tmux2k-prefix-highlight '#f8c800' # change prefix color

You may have to restart tmux for some changes to reflect

Show network bandwidth usage

• tmux2k-bandwidth-network-name: Network interface to track bandwidth of, default: en0
• tmux2k-bandwidth-up-icon: Icon for bandwidth upload usage, default: 
• tmux2k-bandwidth-down-icon: Icon for bandwidth download usage, default: 

Show battery stats and percentage

• tmux2k-battery-charging-icon: Icon for charging status, default: 
• tmux2k-battery-missing-icon: Icon for missing battery, default: 󱉝
• tmux2k-battery-percentage-0: Icon for 0-25% battery, default: 
• tmux2k-battery-percentage-1: Icon for 25-50% battery, default: 
• tmux2k-battery-percentage-2: Icon for 50-75% battery, default: 
• tmux2k-battery-percentage-3: Icon for 75-90% battery, default: 
• tmux2k-battery-percentage-4: Icon for 90-100% battery, default: 

Show CPU usage information

• tmux2k-cpu-icon: Icon for CPU usage, default: 
• tmux2k-cpu-display-load: Control CPU load display, default: false

Show CPU temperature

• tmux2k-cpu-temp-icon: Icon for CPU temperature, default: 
• tmux2k-cpu-temp-delimiter: Decimal delimiter for CPU temperature, default: .
• tmux2k-cpu-temp-round: Round CPU temperature to the nearest integer, default: false

Show current working directory

• tmux2k-cwd-icon: Icon for directory, default: 
• tmux2k-cwd-length: Maximum path length before truncation, default: 20
• tmux2k-cwd-min-depth: Minimum directory depth before mid-truncation, default: 4
• tmux2k-cwd-prefix-chars: Characters to keep from each directory name when truncating, default: 2

Show Git branch and status information

• tmux2k-git-display-status: Control git status display, default: false
• tmux2k-git-added-icon: Icon for added files, default: 
• tmux2k-git-modified-icon: Icon for modified files, default: 
• tmux2k-git-updated-icon: Icon for updated files, default: 
• tmux2k-git-deleted-icon: Icon for deleted files, default: 
• tmux2k-git-repo-icon: Icon for repository, default: 
• tmux2k-git-diff-icon: Icon for differences, default: 
• tmux2k-git-no-repo-icon: Icon for no repository, default: 

Show GPU usage information

• tmux2k-gpu-icon: Icon for GPU usage, default: 

Group output from several other plugins to present information in more compact manner.

• tmux2k-group-plugins: Set plugins for combining their output, default: cpu ram uptime
• tmux2k-group-delimiter: Delimiter between plugin's output, default: 

Show network status and statistics

• tmux2k-network-ethernet-icon: Icon for Ethernet connection, default: 󰈀
• tmux2k-network-wifi-icon: Icon for Wi-Fi connection, default: 
• tmux2k-network-offline-icon: Icon for offline status, default: 󰌙

Show network ping statistics

• tmux2k-ping-server: Host to ping, default: google.com
• tmux2k-ram-icon: Icon for ping, default: 󱘖

Shows pomodoro timer, needs tmux-pomodoro-plus (hit prefix + p to start)

Show RAM usage information

• tmux2k-ram-icon: Icon for RAM usage, default: 

Shows Current Session/Window with custom icon

• tmux2k-session-format: Format for Tmux session, default: #S
• tmux2k-session-icon: Icon for Tmux session, default: 

Show current time and date

• @tmux2k-time-format: Sets the format for displaying the time. Default: "%a %I:%M %p"
• @tmux2k-time-icon: Sets the icon for the time display. Default: 

Show weather information

• @tmux2k-weather-scale: Scale to use for temperature. Default: c, options: [c, f, k]
• @tmux2k-weather-display-condition: Whether to show weather condition name. Default: true
• @tmux2k-weather-display-location: Whether to show location name. Default: false
• @tmux2k-weather-location: Fixed location for weather. Default: ""

tmux window list, this plugin is not supposed to be added to left / right plugin arrays, use the alignment option to position it.

• @tmux2k-window-list-alignment: Sets the alignment of the window list. Default: 'absolute-centre' Available options: left | centre | right | absolute-centre
• @tmux2k-window-list-left-sep: Sets the left separator for the window list. Default: 
• @tmux2k-window-list-right-sep: Sets the right separator for the window list. Default: 
• @tmux2k-window-list-format: Sets the format for the window list. Default: '#I:#W'
• @tmux2k-window-list-compact: Enables or disables compact mode for the window list. Default: false

Show current system uptime

• tmux2k-uptime-icon: Icon for system uptime, default: 󱎫

Show pending todo with tdo

• @tmux2k-tdo-icon: Sets the icon for the todos display. Default: 

To add a new plugin:

• Copy plugin/custom.sh and rename it to match your plugin name.
• Update the new plugin script to echo the expected output.
• Add color declaration for your plugin name into the plugin_colors array in main.sh

The plugin name and script file name must match e.g: plugin named foo should have a file called scripts/foo.sh

# set the left and right plugin sections
set -g @tmux2k-left-plugins "session git cpu ram"
set -g @tmux2k-right-plugins "battery network time"

# contorl refresh rate, applies to bandwidth, ping
set -g @tmux2k-refresh-rate 1

# to customize plugin colors
set -g @tmux2k-[plugin-name]-colors "[background] [foreground]"
set -g @tmux2k-cpu-colors "red black" # set cpu plugin bg to red, fg to black

• You tell me!

I came across dracula/tmux sometime back and I wanted to create a more customizable and easy to expand solution.

• Learned a lot about the tmux and tpm ecosystem.
• Did some fancy shell scripting.

You tell me!

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