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MCP Tmux MCP Server

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MCP Tmux runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 51 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Dec 2025.

Model Context Protocol server that lets LLMs collaboratively drive tmux

Installs per day peak 17 · avg 8 · +37% w/w
a month agotoday
51
Installs / week
npm · @k8ika0s/mcp-tmux
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Stars
0 open issues
14 Dec 2025
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
AGPL-3.0
License
JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MCP Tmux every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-tmux -- npx -y @k8ika0s/mcp-tmux
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tmux": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@k8ika0s/mcp-tmux"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-tmux]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@k8ika0s/mcp-tmux"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tmux": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@k8ika0s/mcp-tmux"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tmux": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@k8ika0s/mcp-tmux"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: MCP_TMUX_HOST (Optional default SSH host alias to use when none is provided.), MCP_TMUX_SESSION (Optional default tmux session name to use when none is provided.), TMUX_BIN (Optional path to tmux binary if not on PATH.), MCP_TMUX_TIMEOUT_MS (Timeout in milliseconds for tmux/ssh invocations (default 15000).), MCP_TMUX_LOG_DIR (Override log directory (defaults to ~/.config/mcp-tmux/logs).), MCP_TMUX_HOSTS_FILE (Optional JSON file for per-host tmux PATH/bin overrides.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP Tmux — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Tmux?
MCP Tmux runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @k8ika0s/mcp-tmux was installed 51 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Tmux?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @k8ika0s/mcp-tmux straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Tmux?
The npm package @k8ika0s/mcp-tmux was installed 51 times in the last week. Week over week that is +37%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Tmux open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.