# libtmux.Session.name

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** property
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/session.py#L1009
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-session-name/

```
libtmux.Session.name(self) -> str | None
```

Alias of :attr:`Session.session_name`.

```python
>>> session.name
'libtmux_...'
```

```python
>>> session.name == session.session_name
True
```

## In other ports

### A session's name

- Ruby: [`LibTmux::SessionSnapshot#name`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-sessionsnapshot-name/) (method)
- Lua: [`libtmux.SnapshotSession.name`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-snapshotsession-name/) (attribute)
- Rust: [`session.Session.name`](/en/rs/latest/reference/session-session-name/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Session.Name`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-name/) (method)
- Java: [`io.github.libtmux.Session.Session.name`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-session-session-name/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Session.Name`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-session-name/) (property)
- C++: [`libtmux::Session::name`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-session-name-1gd8/) (method)
- Swift: [`Session.name`](/en/swift/latest/reference/session-name/) (property)