A tmux-native dashboard for managing Claude Code agents.
Run multiple Claude Code sessions in tmux, then manage them all without ever leaving the terminal — see what each agent is working on, which ones need your attention, switch between them, kill or spawn new ones, and resume past sessions. All from a single keybinding.
A visual dashboard where each agent is a pixel-art creature living in a room. Designed for a side monitor — glance over and instantly see who's working, sleeping, or needs attention.
Creatures are rendered as colored pixel art using half-block characters. Working and Input creatures animate; Idle and New stay still.
| State | Creature | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Working | Happy blob with sparkles and feet | Green |
| Input | Angry blob with furrowed brows | Orange (pulsing) |
| Idle | Sleeping blob with Zzz | Blue-grey |
| New | Egg with spots | Cream |
- Rooms group agents by working directory (2×2 grid, paginated)
- Zoom into a room with
1-4, page withj/k - Context bar per agent with green/yellow/red coloring
┌─ recon — Claude Code Sessions ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ # Session Git(Project::Branch) Directory Status Model Context Last Active │
│ 1 api-refactor myapp::feat/auth ~/repos/myapp ● Input Opus 4.6 45k/1M 2m ago │
│ 2 debug-pipeline infra::main ~/repos/infra ● Work Sonnet 4.6 12k/200k < 1m │
│ 3 write-tests myapp::feat/auth ~/repos/myapp ● Work Haiku 4.5 8k/200k < 1m │
│ 4 code-review webapp::pr-452 ~/repos/webapp ● Idle Sonnet 4.6 90k/200k 5m ago │
│ 5 scratch recon::main ~/repos/recon ● Idle Opus 4.6 3k/1M 10m ago │
│ 6 new-session dotfiles::main ~/repos/dotfiles ● New — — — │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
j/k navigate Enter switch v view r refresh q quit
- Input rows are highlighted — these sessions are blocked waiting for your approval
- Working sessions are actively streaming or running tools
- Idle sessions are done and waiting for your next prompt
- New sessions haven't had any interaction yet
recon is built around tmux. Each Claude Code instance runs in its own tmux session.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ tmux server │
│ │
│ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
│ │ session: │ │ session: │ │ session: │ │
│ │ api-refactor │ │ debug-pipe │ │ scratch │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ ┌──────────┐ │ │ ┌──────────┐ │ │ ┌────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ claude │ │ │ │ claude │ │ │ │ claude │ │ │
│ │ └──────────┘ │ │ └──────────┘ │ │ └────────┘ │ │
│ └───────┬───────┘ └───────┬───────┘ └───────┬──────┘ │
│ │ │ │ │
└──────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┘
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ recon (TUI) │
│ │
│ reads: │
│ • tmux list-panes → PID, session name │
│ • ~/.claude/sessions/{PID}.json │
│ • ~/.claude/projects/…/*.jsonl │
│ • tmux capture-pane → status bar text │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Status detection inspects the Claude Code TUI status bar at the bottom of each tmux pane:
| Status bar text | State |
|---|---|
esc to interrupt |
Working — streaming response or running a tool |
Esc to cancel |
Input — permission prompt, waiting for you |
| anything else | Idle — waiting for your next prompt |
| (0 tokens) | New — no interaction yet |
Session matching uses ~/.claude/sessions/{PID}.json files that Claude Code writes, linking each process to its session ID. No ps parsing or CWD-based heuristics.
cargo install --path .Requires tmux and Claude Code.
recon # Table dashboard
recon view # Tamagotchi visual dashboard
recon json # JSON output (for scripting)
recon launch # Create a new claude session in the current directory
recon launch --name-only # Print session name without attaching
recon new # Interactive new session form
recon resume # Interactive resume picker
recon resume --id <session-id> # Resume a specific session
recon resume --id <session-id> --name foo # Resume with a custom tmux session name
recon next # Jump to the next agent waiting for input
recon park # Save all live sessions to disk
recon unpark # Restore previously parked sessions| Key | Action |
|---|---|
j / k |
Navigate sessions |
Enter |
Switch to selected tmux session |
i / Tab |
Jump to next agent waiting for input |
x |
Kill selected session |
v |
Switch to Tamagotchi view |
r |
Force refresh |
q / Esc |
Quit |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
1-4 |
Zoom into room |
j / k |
Previous / next page |
h / l |
Select agent (when zoomed) |
Enter |
Switch to selected agent (when zoomed) |
x |
Kill selected agent (when zoomed) |
n |
New session in room (when zoomed) |
Esc |
Zoom out (or quit) |
v |
Switch to table view |
r |
Force refresh |
q |
Quit |
The included tmux.conf provides keybindings to open recon as a popup overlay:
# Add to your ~/.tmux.conf
bind g display-popup -E -w 80% -h 60% "recon" # prefix + g → dashboard
bind n display-popup -E -w 80% -h 60% "recon new" # prefix + n → new session
bind r display-popup -E -w 80% -h 60% "recon resume" # prefix + r → resume picker
bind i run-shell "recon next" # prefix + i → jump to next input agent
bind X confirm-before -p "Kill session #S? (y/n)" kill-sessionThis lets you pop open the dashboard from any tmux session, pick a session with Enter, and jump straight to it.
This project is not accepting code contributions (Pull Requests) at this time.
Due to the sensitive nature of reconnaissance and session tracking, I prefer to maintain full control over the codebase to ensure security and auditability.
Ideas and feedback are welcome! Please open an Issue if you have a feature request or have found a bug. If I like an idea, I will implement it myself.
MIT