What is session-tabs?
session-tabs is a Claude Code mod by NguyenPhan2810 that openCode-style session tabs for the Claude Code terminal: a sidebar of your sessions that stays until you close a tab, opening each in tmux. It is listed under Interface and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | NguyenPhan2810 |
| Repository | NguyenPhan2810/claude-session-tabs |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Interface |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #4,137 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #1,713 in Interface |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Hooks | 5 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is session-tabs safe to install?
session-tabs scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables. It passed 5 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.messages | reads the transcript |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.keys | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.panes | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install session-tabs?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/NguyenPhan2810/claude-session-tabs claude plugin validate ./claude-session-tabs/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add NguyenPhan2810/claude-session-tabs && claude plugin install session-tabs@session-tabs
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs session-tabs for you:
Install the "session-tabs" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/NguyenPhan2810/claude-session-tabs. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.