tact

Tmux AI Control Tower — A terminal dashboard for monitoring and managing multiple AI coding sessions running in tmux panes.

I wanted to accept/reject my AI assistant's work without leaving one window in tmux. I also wanted notifications when my input was needed. So I built this. Just run tact in a window within tmux and it will detect other panes/windows running Claude Code or other coding agent.

Features

• Switch easily between AI coding sessions like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode and Kiro-cli in tmux
• Accept/Reject your agent's work
• Automatically detects session states (idle, working, needs attention, disconnected)
• See context window utilization at a glance
• Get alerts when sessions need attention
• Create and manage project-level todos synced across sessions
• Rename sessions in the TUI without affecting their project todo grouping
• Preview pane output without switching panes
• Wrap session navigation cyclically when moving past the first or last item
• Switch between three built-in TUI themes and three distinct layout styles, and keep your choices across launches

Installation

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fabio-RibeiroB/tact/main/go/install.sh | bash

From Source

git clone https://github.com/Fabio-RibeiroB/tact.git
cd tact/go
make install

Requirements

• Go 1.22 or later
• tmux 3.0+

Usage

Run tact within any window/pane to auto detect your AI coding sessions.

tact

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
j/k or ↑/↓	Navigate sessions/todos
Tab	Switch focus panel
Enter	Switch to selected pane
r	Refresh session discovery
R	Rename selected session
n	Toggle notifications
T	Cycle theme
S	Cycle style
i	Enter insert mode in Sessions tab
Esc	Exit insert mode
q / Ctrl+C	Quit

Session Interaction (when session needs attention)

Key	Action
y	Confirm/continue
t	Kiro trust/approve option
a	Auto-approve tool use
!	Cancel current operation (sends Escape)

Todo Panel

Key	Action
i	Add new todo
Enter	Mark todo as done
d / x	Delete todo
Esc	Exit insert mode

CLI Commands

# Manage todos from command line
tact todo list
tact todo add "Implement feature X" -p myproject -t feature,backend
tact todo done abc12345
tact todo start abc12345
tact todo rm abc12345

Architecture

tact/
├── go/
│   ├── cmd/tact/           # CLI entry point
│   ├── internal/
│   │   ├── model/          # Domain types (SessionInfo, TodoItem, etc.)
│   │   ├── parser/         # JSONL parsing, status detection
│   │   ├── tmux/           # Tmux pane discovery and capture
│   │   ├── notify/         # Desktop notifications
│   │   ├── todo/           # Shared todo store with sync
│   │   └── tui/            # Bubble Tea terminal UI
│   ├── go.mod
│   └── Makefile
└── docs/
    └── imgs/               # Screenshots and diagrams

Data Storage

Tact stores its state under ~/.tact/:

• config.json — persisted theme and style choice
• data/session-names.json — custom session rename overrides
• data/todos/<project-slug>.json — project-specific todo lists

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Bubble Tea — Terminal UI framework
• Lip Gloss — Style definitions
• Cobra — CLI framework