# tmux-plugins/tmux-yank

Tmux plugin for copying to system clipboard. Works on OSX, Linux and Cygwin.

Repository: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tmux-yank
Homepage: https://tmux-plugins.github.io/tmux-yank/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: shell, tmux, clipboard, linux, cygwin, wsl, tpm, macos
Last push: 2024-03-24T11:30:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4453, "days_push": 892, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3100, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.542669+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: tmux, clipboard, shell, wsl, cygwin, tpm, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- tmux-plugins/tmux-yank (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.542669+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:27:03.179254+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.542669+00:00, sha 985ecfb2cbf0)
  - homepage: https://tmux-plugins.github.io/tmux-yank/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:15.758238+00:00, sha 9341a3bbf4fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.