tabby-tab-notes

A Tabby terminal plugin: persistent per-tab markdown notes in a docked side panel, with an auto-stamped context header (cwd + git branch), optional repo-pinning, and plain-file storage that can roam between machines. It's a handoff doc for you — so when you come back to a tab you remember what you were doing and what's next.

Status: working

Verified live on Tabby (macOS):

• Docked notes panel, toggled from the toolbar button (or the tab-notes-toggle hotkey)
• A separate note per tab, switching automatically as you change tabs
• Auto-stamped header showing the tab's working directory and git branch
• 📌 Pin a note to its repo so any tab in that repo shares it (hybrid binding)
• Notes stored as plain .md files (default ~/.config/tabby/tab-notes/)
• Notes survive a full restart and reattach to the correct tabs

Install

See INSTALL.md. In short: npm install --legacy-peer-deps && npm run build, symlink into Tabby's plugin dir, enable "restore tabs on startup".

Design & build history

• Design spec: docs/specs/2026-06-05-tabby-tab-notes-design.md
• Implementation plan: docs/plans/2026-06-05-tabby-tab-notes.md

Known rough edges

• Default notes folder is ~/.config/tabby/tab-notes/ on all platforms (works, but not Tabby's native config dir on macOS/Windows); repoint it via the tabNotes.folder config for synced/cross-machine use.
• The header's "last command" field is reserved but not yet populated (would need shell integration).
• Panel is a fixed overlay on the right edge; it covers part of the terminal rather than reflowing it.