# tabby

> tabby is a free, open-source Claude Code plugin (in beta) for macOS and Linux. It gives every Claude Code session's terminal tab an AI-written name, a calm color and a live status, and on a Mac it adds Tabby Island: a panel at the top of the screen that lists every session and shows which one needs you. It runs on the user's machine: no servers, no telemetry, no accounts.

Since 0.5: **Awake** keeps a Mac running with the lid closed so Claude Code sessions keep working (for a set time, or until every session is done, then the Mac sleeps again; `tabby awake 4h`, `/tab awake done`). It uses `pmset disablesleep` through a one-time sudoers rule that allows only that command. **Menu bar mode** (`tabby island menubar`) replaces the notch island with the menu-bar icon, whose click drops the session list down. The island also warns when a session passes 80% and 95% of its context window.

Install by pasting this into Claude Code: Install tabby for me: run `curl -fsSL https://claude-tabby.vercel.app/install.md` and follow it. Or in a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://claude-tabby.vercel.app/install | bash`. `tabby uninstall` reverts every change.

What leaves the machine: only the tab-naming request (the session's last few prompts, a short excerpt of Claude's last reply and the project folder's name), sent to Claude Haiku through the user's own Claude Code login; `/tab namer heuristic` turns that off. An update check asks github.com for the latest release.

## Docs

- [Home page](https://claude-tabby.vercel.app/): what tabby does, with live demos
- [README](https://github.com/0xNtive/tabby/blob/main/README.md): install, every `/tab` command, the island, Focus mode, tiling, themes
- [Install guide for Claude](https://claude-tabby.vercel.app/install.md): the steps Claude Code follows to install tabby
- [Tabby Island](https://github.com/0xNtive/tabby/blob/main/island/README-island.md): the macOS app, its shortcuts, settings and permissions
- [Security](https://github.com/0xNtive/tabby/blob/main/SECURITY.md): what tabby sends, stores and trusts
- [Terms of Use](https://claude-tabby.vercel.app/terms)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/0xNtive/tabby/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

## Source

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/0xNtive/tabby): MIT licensed, zero dependencies