flash.nvim, but for tmux…sort of
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Most neovim users will be familiar with flash.nvim, which amongst other things, allows you to quickly jump to a word in your visible buffer. It’s a great tool for developers who want to quickly navigate their codebase.I was looking for something similar, but for tmux. I wanted to be able to search visible words in the current tmux pane, then copy that word to the system clipboard by pressing the associated label key.I built https://github.com/Kristijan/flash-copy.tmux, with the aim to bring that functionality to tmux.Here’s a bit of a write up https://blog.kristijan.org/posts/TMUX-Flash-Copy for those interested. I welcome any feedback.
HN · launched Jan 12, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: terminal user interface tools · 86 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a terminal utility or tmux plugin combining tmux's capture-pane API with a fuzzy finder or terminal overlay like fzf/fzy, well within the scope of AI-assisted scripting.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 62 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #29 of 63 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 49 days after the earliest competitor.
- flash.tmux · github · 2026-09-11 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Vim file browser that runs in separate terminal · hn · 2026-05-13 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- fireworks.nvim · github · 2026-09-14 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- jmux · hn · 2026-04-05 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Waypoint.nvim · hn · 2026-07-04 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Naymo · ph · 2026-09-15 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- vellum.nvim · github · 2026-09-22 · 79 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- kotsu.nvim · github · 2026-09-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.37
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