Zellij Indicator

Know which of your OpenCode agents needs you — without switching tabs.

When you run several OpenCode sessions across Zellij tabs, they all look identical. You can't see which one is still grinding, which is silently waiting for you to approve something, and which finished five minutes ago.

The four states

Icon	When	What it means for you
⏳	working	OpenCode is busy — ignore it for now
❓	needs you	blocked on a permission prompt or a question — go unblock it
🔔	done, unseen	it finished while you were away — go check the result
✅	done, seen	finished, and you've already looked

Example

Naming

OpenCode gives each session an auto-generated title, and the plugin uses that as the Zellij tab name. To change it, run OpenCode's built-in /rename slash command.

Stopwatch

Show how long a session has been running. After a minute, the elapsed minutes appear next to the icon:

To disable the stopwatch set env variable OPENCODE_ZELLIJ_STOPWATCH=0.

Sound

When a non-focused zellij tab finishes (🔔) or needs you (❓) an audio notification is played.

To disable the sound set env variable OPENCODE_ZELLIJ_SOUND=0.
To override the default sound with your own set env variable OPENCODE_ZELLIJ_SOUND_CMD="pw-play ~/alert.wav".

Install

1. Install Zellij and OpenCode.
Requires Zellij ≥ 0.44.0

2. Enable the plugin.
Add the following to your opencode.json

{
  "plugin": ["opencode-zellij-indicator"]
}

Outside Zellij the plugin does nothing (it exits immediately), so it's safe to leave enabled everywhere at no cost.

3. Run OpenCode inside Zellij.

zellij      # opens the Zellij workspace
opencode    # run this inside Zellij

That single tab now shows OpenCode's status. To feel the point of the plugin, open more tabs and run OpenCode in each — press Ctrl t then n for a new tab (Ctrl t then the arrow keys to switch between them).