Letting you define your tmux window setup configuration, pre-run environment setup and launch programs as you start a new tmux session.

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'AranBorkum/tmux-cookie-cutter'

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it.

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/AranBorkum/tmux-cookie-cutter ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/cookie-cutter.tmux

Reload TMUX environment:

# type this in terminal
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Create a .tmux-cookie-cutter.yaml file in your $HOME/.config/ directory or a bespoke one in the root of your project. Configure this with the following values:

shared:
    envvars:
        - VARIABLE_1=...
        - VARIABLE_2=...
    setup_command: "neofetch"

default_windows:
  - name: "neovim"
    envvars:
        - VARIABLE_1=...
        - VARIABLE_2=...
    setup_command: "source .venv/bin/activate"
    command: "nvim"
  - name: "terminal"
    envvars:
        - VARIABLE_1=...
        - VARIABLE_2=...
    setup_command: "source .venv/bin/activate"
    command:
    panes:
        - split_direction: "vertical"
          size: 25  # percentage width of a vertically split pane
        - split_direction: "horizontal"
          command: ./manage runserver
          size: 40  # percentage width of a horizontally split pane

Shared will be applied to every tmux window, removing the need for repetition. Optionally, you can set the python interpreter to use, it defaults to python3:

set-option -g @cookie_cutter_python "python3"

Be sure it has PyYAML available, you can use uv to run it with the pyyaml package:

set-option -g @cookie_cutter_python "uv run --with pyyaml"