tmux-plugins/tpm

TPM stands for Tmux Plugin Manager. Tmux is a tool used in the terminal that lets a developer split one window into several panes, keep sessions running in the background, and switch between them quickly. People extend tmux with plugins, and TPM is the small program that installs and loads those plugins for you, so you do not have to download and configure each one by hand. The README says TPM has been tested on Linux, macOS, and Cygwin, and that it needs tmux version 1.9 or higher, plus Git and Bash. A separate list of available plugins is maintained at the tmux-plugins/list repository on GitHub. Installation is a one-time setup. You clone the TPM repository into the directory ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm, then add a small block of configuration to the bottom of your tmux config file, usually at ~/.tmux.conf. That block lists the plugins you want to use, each one written as set -g @plugin followed by its GitHub repository name. The last line, run ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm, must stay at the very bottom of the file so TPM is started after the plugin list is read. The README also accepts plugins from a specific branch, from arbitrary Git URLs, and from Bitbucket. After editing the file, you reload the tmux configuration with tmux source ~/.tmux.conf. Once TPM is set up, managing plugins is done with keyboard shortcuts. The tmux prefix key followed by capital I installs any new plugins listed in the config and refreshes the environment. The prefix followed by capital U updates installed plugins. The prefix followed by Alt and lowercase u removes any plugins that are no longer in the list. All plugins live under ~/.tmux/plugins/, so a user can also remove a plugin directory by hand if they prefer. The documentation folder covers help for when TPM is not working, instructions for writing your own plugin, managing plugins from the command line, changing the install directory, and setting up TPM automatically on a new machine. Tests run on Travis CI and can also be run locally with Vagrant. The project is released under the MIT License.