tmux-plugins/tmux-yank
Tmux plugin for copying to system clipboard. Works on OSX, Linux and Cygwin. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4453
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 892
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3100 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A tmux plugin that enables copying text from tmux to the system clipboard. It is a small shell-based plugin installable via TPM that works on macOS, Linux, Cygwin, and WSL.
Use cases
- copy tmux selection to system clipboard
- yank text from tmux copy-mode to OS clipboard
- share terminal output with GUI apps
- make tmux copy work on macOS and WSL
- integrate clipboard support into tmux workflow
When to choose
- you use tmux and want seamless system clipboard integration
- you work across macOS, Linux, or WSL terminals
- you already manage tmux plugins with TPM
When to avoid
- you use tmux 1.5+ with iTerm2 3+ where set-clipboard already works
- you don't use tmux
- you need a general-purpose clipboard manager
Facets
plugin · maturity stable
developer-tools cli developer-tools windows cli tmux clipboard shell wsl cygwin tpm command-line macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank · fetched 2026-08-28 · 985ecfb2cbf0
- homepage: https://tmux-plugins.github.io/tmux-yank/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9341a3bbf4fd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tmux-plugins/tmux-yank | main | 23 |
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