README.md
March 12, 2025 Β· View on GitHub
Tmux Pomodoro Plus
Incorporate the Pomodoro technique into your tmux setup. Forked from Tmux Pomodoro
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:sparkles: Features
- Toggle a Pomodoro and see the countdown and the break in the status bar
- Skip, pause and resume a Pomodoro/break at any point
- Customise the Pomodoro duration, break times and intervals
- Restart your Pomodoros to automatically or be prompted
- Desktop alerts for Pomodoros and breaks (MacOS and Linux only)
- Custom keybindings
:camera: Screenshots
Pomodoro counting down:

Pomodoro on a break:

Pomodoro counting down in real-time:

Pomodoro timer menu:

:package: Installation
- Using TPM, add the following line to your
~/.tmux.conffile:
set -g @plugin 'olimorris/tmux-pomodoro-plus'
Note: The above line should be before
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
- Then press
tmux-prefix+ I (capital i, as in Install) to fetch the plugin as per the TPM installation instructions
:rocket: Usage
Default keybindings
<tmux-prefix> pto toggle between starting/pausing a Pomodoro/break<tmux-prefix> Pto cancel a Pomodoro/break<tmux-prefix> _to skip a Pomodoro/break<tmux-prefix> eto restart a Pomodoro<tmux-prefix> C-pto open the Pomodoro timer menu<tmux-prefix> M-pto set a custom Pomodoro timer
The Pomodoro timer menu and custom Pomodoro input are always <ctrl>/<alt> + [your start Pomodoro key].
Status bar
To incorporate into your status bar:
set -g status-right "#{pomodoro_status}"
:wrench: Configuration
Note: On Linux, notifications depend on
notify-send/libnotify-bin
The default configuration:
set -g @pomodoro_toggle 'p' # Start/pause a Pomodoro/break
set -g @pomodoro_cancel 'P' # Cancel the current session
set -g @pomodoro_skip '_' # Skip a Pomodoro/break
set -g @pomodoro_mins 25 # The duration of the Pomodoro
set -g @pomodoro_break_mins 5 # The duration of the break after the Pomodoro completes
set -g @pomodoro_intervals 4 # The number of intervals before a longer break is started
set -g @pomodoro_long_break_mins 25 # The duration of the long break
set -g @pomodoro_repeat 'off' # Automatically repeat the Pomodoros?
set -g @pomodoro_disable_breaks 'off' # Turn off breaks
set -g @pomodoro_on " π
" # The formatted output when the Pomodoro is running
set -g @pomodoro_complete " βοΈ" # The formatted output when the break is running
set -g @pomodoro_pause " βΈοΈ" # The formatted output when the Pomodoro/break is paused
set -g @pomodoro_prompt_break " β²οΈ break?" # The formatted output when waiting to start a break
set -g @pomodoro_prompt_pomodoro " β±οΈ start?" # The formatted output when waiting to start a Pomodoro
set -g @pomodoro_menu_position "R" # The location of the menu relative to the screen
set -g @pomodoro_sound 'off' # Sound for desktop notifications (Run `ls /System/Library/Sounds` for a list of sounds to use on Mac)
# (On Linux add `on` to use the `beep` program or add your custom beeping command)
set -g @pomodoro_notifications 'off' # Enable desktop notifications from your terminal
set -g @pomodoro_granularity 'off' # Enables MM:SS (ex: 00:10) format instead of the default (ex: 1m)
Customising the status line
The output from the plugin can be customised to fit in with your statusline:
set -g @pomodoro_on "#[fg=$text_red]π
"
set -g @pomodoro_complete "#[fg=$text_green]π
"
set -g @pomodoro_pause "#[fg=$color_yellow]π
"
set -g @pomodoro_prompt_break "#[fg=$color_green]π€ ? "
set -g @pomodoro_prompt_pomodoro "#[fg=$color_gray]π€ ? "
The current and total number of intervals can also be displayed:
set -g @pomodoro_interval_display "[%s/%s]"
Note: If you provide just 1
%sthen the current interval count will be displayed only
A real-time countdown can be also be displayed:
set -g @pomodoro_granularity 'on'
set -g status-interval 1 # Refresh the status line every second
:clap: Credits
- Wladyslaw Fedorov - For the squashed tomato image