> tmax

Get the max out of your terminal.

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44Releases

1,396Commits

28Contributors

4 moSince v1.0

> whoami

whoami

name: Inbar Rotem
role: Group Manager @ Microsoft ILDC
team: Agentic Security
passion: Building tools that don't exist yet
side_quests: [tmax, Scout, Atlas, Quest, video dub]

> cat /problem DEMO

Windows Terminal

GitHub Copilot

Which one is which? 🤷

Running 3-5 AI agents at once and losing track of all of them. Existing terminals have zero concept of what an "AI session" is.

> tmax --layout DEMO

⬜

Tiling splits

CtrlAltArrow

🎈

Floating panels

CtrlShiftU

🔲

Grid mode

CtrlShiftF

🎯

Pane hints

CtrlShiftJ

> tmax --explore DEMO

📂

File tree sidebar

CtrlShiftX

📄

Click .md = rendered preview

Mermaid diagrams too

🖼️

Click image = viewer

.png .jpg .gif

📊

Built-in diff review

inline annotations

> tmax --sessions DEMO

✨

AI Sessions panel

CtrlShiftC

🔃

Resume any session

click to resume

⏹️

Shimmer alerts

agent needs input

🔔

Native notifications

agent finished

> tmax --transcript DEMO

AI Session Transcript

[14:23] You: Fix the auth middleware
[14:23] Agent: I'll update src/middleware/auth.ts...
[14:25] Agent: Done. 3 files changed, tests passing.
[14:25] You: Now add rate limiting
[14:26] Agent: Adding express-rate-limit...

💬

Full transcript

CtrlAltT

🔍

Search all prompts

CtrlShiftY

📝

Prompt editor

CtrlAltE

🧹

Bulk cleanup

archive old sessions

CLI coding agents don't show timestamps on messages. tmax adds them, so you know exactly when each prompt and response happened.

> backlog board DEMO

✅

Multi-project kanban

CtrlAltB

🤖

Attach AI sessions to tasks

live output stream

I manage tmax development from inside tmax itself. The backlog board ships with a CLI so AI agents can file and close tasks autonomously.

> tmax --settings DEMO

Ctrl+,

🎨

12 theme presets

Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Nord...

💎

Mica / Acrylic effects

Windows native blur

⚙️

Settings UI

no JSON editing needed

🌏

Shell profiles

PowerShell, WSL, Git Bash, CMD

🔧

Keybinding editor

full customization

💾

Workspace persistence

restore layout on launch

> tmax --notifications DEMO

🔔

Native OS notifications

agent done / needs input

✨

Shimmer effect on pane

visual "look at me"

🔇

Excluded phrases filter

suppress noisy notifications

📰

Notification center

history of all alerts

The whole point is knowing when your agents need you. You shouldn't have to babysit a terminal window.

> tmax --shortcuts DEMO

⌨️

Global hotkey

CtrlShiftSpace

⚡

Command palette

CtrlShiftP

🔁

Undo close (10-deep)

CtrlShiftT

📋

Tab groups

drag, color, collapse

🔌

Pane zoom

CtrlShiftZ

🔗

Quick jump to pane

CtrlShiftJ

🛠️

Custom keybindings

rebind anything

shortcuts cheatsheet

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow  split pane (direction)
Ctrl+Shift+W  close pane
Ctrl+Shift+N  new tab
Ctrl+Tab      cycle tabs

> tmax --sign

Windows

✅

Azure Trusted Signing

SmartScreen trusted

macOS

Not signed yet

xattr -cr /Applications/tmax.app

signing

provider: Azure Trusted Signing
cost: $9.99/mo # no hardware token needed
setup: Scout researched docs + wrote the CI YAML
result: No more "Unknown Publisher" on Windows
macos: Apple Developer $99/yr — not gonna happen

> tmax --help

🪟Windows (signed)

🍎macOS (ARM + Intel)

🐧Linux (deb/rpm)

~

> open https://inbarr.github.io/tmax/
code_signed: Azure Trusted Signing
license: MIT
repo: github.com/InbarR/tmax
# Questions?