A TUI that groups your terminal tabs by git project across Terminal.app and Ghostty.

• Groups tabs by git project — not by terminal emulator
• Shows current branch, worktree status, and running command for each tab
• Switch focus, create, rename, and close tabs from one place
• Auto-detects running terminal emulators
• Tabs outside a git repo are collected under "Other"
• Self-excludes its own session from the listing
• Live-refreshes every 1-2 seconds

Prerequisites: Go 1.26+, macOS

git clone https://github.com/nic/tabgate.git
cd tabgate
go build -o tabgate ./cmd/tabgate

You may need to grant Automation permissions in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation for your terminal to allow TabGate to communicate with Terminal.app and/or Ghostty.

./tabgate

TabGate auto-detects which emulators are running and queries all of them. Tabs from different emulators are merged into a single project-grouped view.

Terminal.app ──→ Adapter ──┐
                           ├──→ Enricher ──→ Poller ──→ TUI
Ghostty ───────→ Adapter ──┘

1. Adapters query each running terminal emulator via AppleScript to discover tabs and their working directories.
2. Enricher takes raw tab data and adds git info (repo root, branch, worktree status) and foreground process detection. Git lookups are cached using .git/HEAD mtime.
3. Poller runs the adapter → enricher pipeline on a 1-2 second interval and sends updates to the TUI.
4. TUI (Bubble Tea + Lip Gloss) groups tabs by git project, renders the interactive list, and dispatches tab actions back through the adapters.

• Go with Bubble Tea and Lip Gloss
• AppleScript (osascript) for terminal communication
• git CLI for repo/branch/worktree detection
• ps for foreground process identification

TBD