diff --git a/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml b/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
index 2b37f32..0a86e13 100644
--- a/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
+++ b/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ input_path = './templates/vicinae.toml'
 output_path = '~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/matugen.toml'
 post_hook = 'vicinae theme set matugen'
 
+[templates.tmux]
+input_path = './templates/tmux.conf'
+output_path = '~/.cache/matugen/tmux.conf'
+post_hook = 'tmux source-file ~/.cache/matugen/tmux.conf'
+
 [templates.macos-accent]
 colors_to_compare = [
     { name = "-1", color = "#696766" }, # graphite
diff --git a/stow/.config/matugen/templates/tmux.conf b/stow/.config/matugen/templates/tmux.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac1c289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stow/.config/matugen/templates/tmux.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set -g status-style "bg=default"
+set -g status-fg "{{ colors.tertiary.default.hex }}"
+set -g status-left "#[bg={{ colors.primary_container.default.hex }},fg={{ colors.on_primary_container.default.hex }}]#{?client_prefix,#[reverse]#[bg={{ colors.on_secondary_container.default.hex }}]#[fg=black]#[noreverse]} #S "
+set -g status-right "#[fg={{ colors.secondary.default.hex }}]%d/%m #[bg={{ colors.primary_container.default.hex }},fg={{ colors.on_primary_container.default.hex }}] #H "
+
+# max allowed lenth for statuses to flow into
+set -g status-left-length 20
+set -g status-right-length 20
+
+# tab bar
+set -g window-status-format " #I #W "
+set -g window-status-current-format " #I #W "
+set -g window-status-current-style bg={{ colors.secondary_container.default.hex }},fg={{ colors.on_secondary_container.default.hex }},bold
diff --git a/stow/.config/tmux/tmux.conf b/stow/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
index 68d3069..7722939 100644
--- a/stow/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/stow/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ set -g default-terminal "${TERM}"
 set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Smulx=\E[4::%p1%dm'
 set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Setulc=\E[58::2::%p1%{65536}%/%d::%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d::%p1%{255}%&%d%;m'
 set -gq allow-passthrough on
+
+# matugen
+if "test -f ~/.cache/matugen/tmux.conf" \
+  "source-file ~/.cache/matugen/tmux.conf"