Attach Browser Sessions to Tmux Sessions

Plugin that let you have a browser session that is attached to the tmux sessions.

Dependencies

• Firefox/Chrome/Chromium (Tested on Firefox)
• brotab
• resurrect
• wmctrl (recommended, used to jump to the window)

Usage

Hit prefix + @open_browser_key to open a browser session (window) attached to your tmux session, when tmux-reserruct saves your tmux sessions the web browser sessions will be saved to ~/.tmux/browser-sessions.

Each session has his own web browser window which is a "web&tmux session", I recommend to always browse in tmux-browser session, this way your tabs will be organized per tmux session and you can always jump back to your work session in ease.

Note: The plugin identify the browser session by the "special tab", dont_close-tmux-browser_{session_name}.

Note: it's recommended to disable Open previous windows and tabs browser option

Installation

Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins:

set -g @plugin 'ofirgall/tmux-browser'

Press prefix + I to install it.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/ofirgall/tmux-browser.git ~/clone/path

Add this line to your .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/tmux-browser.tmux

Reload TMUX environment with:

$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Configuration Options

The following configuration options are available:

@open_browser_key

Key used to open the browser session.

set -g @open_browser_key 'B'

@new_browser_window

The command to run a new window. E.g: firefox --new-window url

set -g @new_browser_window 'firefox --new-window'

@browser_session_dir

The directory to save the sessions to.

set -g @browser_session_dir '$HOME/.tmux/browser-sessions'

@browser_wait_timeout

Timeout value to wait for windows to open.

set -g @browser_wait_timeout '5.0'

@browser_dont_hook_to_resurrect

Set to '1' to disable hook to resurrect (Auto saves the session).

set -g @browser_dont_hook_to_resurrect '0'

@browser_launch_on_attach

Set to '1' to launch restored browser on attach

set -g @browser_launch_on_attach '0'

@browser_close_on_deattach

Set to '1' to close the attached browser on session de-attach

set -g @browser_close_on_deattach '1'

@browser_brotab_timeout

Timeout value to wait for bt list (can be very slow on windows).

set -g @browser_brotab_timeout '5.0'

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TODO

Doesn't Require Custom Extensions:

• move active tab of current session to other session (+jump?)

Requires Custom Extension:

• move tabs to another session in the browser ui
• show current session
• try to get rid of the special tab
• pin the "special tab"
• prompt are you sure on special tab + some nice html
• Reset bt mediator if needed

License

MIT