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TPM — Plugin Manager

TPM is the standard plugin manager for tmux. It handles installation, updates, and removal of plugins from your ~/.tmux.conf.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Add this line to the bottom of ~/.tmux.conf:

~/.tmux.conf
# Initialize TPM (MUST be last line)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

Reload: tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Usage

Add a plugin to your config:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'

Then press Ctrl+Space I to install it.

ActionShortcut
Install pluginsCtrl+Space I
Update all pluginsCtrl+Space U
Remove unlisted pluginsCtrl+Space Alt+u

Plugin Directory

All installed plugins live under ~/.tmux/plugins/. You can verify a plugin is installed by checking if its directory exists there.