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tmux-bar is a native macOS menu bar agent that shows your tmux windows on the Touch Bar and lets you switch windows with one tap

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

Name: Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session
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Author: zonovar

by zonovar·Apr 20, 2026·3 points·1 comment

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●MidNiche Gem

Touch Bar tmux switcher—useful if you still have a 2020 MacBook Pro.

Strengths

•Detects focused terminal and refreshes Touch Bar with current tmux windows
•Runs as LSUIElement background agent with no Dock icon
•Supports Terminal, iTerm2, and Ghostty terminal emulators

Weaknesses

•Touch Bar hardware discontinued in 2020—shrinking addressable audience
•macOS-only with no Linux or Windows alternative for tmux users

Post 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 focused (Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty), and refreshes the Touch Bar with your current tmux windows.

This was a fun “vibe coding” side project, but also a practical tool I wanted for my own workflow. Hope it can be useful to someone else.