tmux-link-grab

Fast URL seeking for tmux with fzf. prefix + s → pick URL → open in browser.

Features

• Flexible scope - search current pane, window, session, or history
• Pane labels - see which pane each URL came from (e.g. [nvim] https://...)
• Persistent history - access previously opened URLs even after scrollback is gone
• Proper tmux citizen - configure via tmux options, respects your copy-command
• fzf interface - j/k navigation, fuzzy search

Install

TPM (recommended)

set -g @plugin 'ejfox/tmux-link-grab'

Then prefix + I to install. Keybinding is set up automatically.

Manual

git clone https://github.com/ejfox/tmux-link-grab ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-link-grab

Add to .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-link-grab/plugin.tmux

Config

All options go in your .tmux.conf before the plugin line:

# Key binding (default: s)
set -g @link-grab-key "s"

# Scope: "pane", "window", "session", or "history" (default: window)
set -g @link-grab-scope "window"

# Action: "open", "copy", or "buffer" (default: open)
set -g @link-grab-action "open"

# Show pane labels (default: true)
set -g @link-grab-labels "true"

# Scrollback lines to search (default: 200)
set -g @link-grab-lines "200"

# History file (default: ~/.tmux-link-history, set "" to disable)
set -g @link-grab-history "$HOME/.tmux-link-history"
set -g @link-grab-history-max "100"

# Load plugin
set -g @plugin 'ejfox/tmux-link-grab'

Actions

Action	Behavior
open	Open URL in browser
copy	Copy to system clipboard (respects your copy-command)
buffer	Save to tmux paste buffer (prefix + ] to paste)

Keys

Key	Action
Enter	Execute action
Space	Execute action
j/k	Navigate
Esc	Cancel

Feedback

Actions show confirmation in tmux status line:

• Opened: github.com
• Copied: https://example.com/path...
• Saved to tmux buffer
• No URLs found

Requirements

• tmux 3.0+ (for display-popup)
• fzf
• open (macOS) or xdg-open (Linux)

License

GNU GPL v3