Original author(s) | Kovid Goyal |
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Initial release | 2017 |
Stable release | 0.31.0[1]
/ 8 November 2023 |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Python |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, FreeBSD |
License | GNU General Public License, version 3.0 |
Website | sw |
kitty is a free and open-source GPU-accelerated[2][3] terminal emulator for Linux and macOS focused on performance and features. kitty is written in a mix of C and Python programming languages. It provides GPU support. kitty shares its name with another program — KiTTY — a fork of PuTTY for Microsoft Windows.[4]
Features
- Display images: when ImageMagick installed, add to .bashrc
alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
and use as "icat me.webp"[5][6] - Interactive Unicode characters input (ctrl+shift+u), by name, code, recently used[7]
- Supports true color, text formatting features
- Tiling of multiple windows and tabs
- Single config file
- Hyperlink clicks
- Mouse support (for example in Vim)
- Multiple copy/paste buffers like in Vim[8]
References
- ↑ "Release 0.31.0". 8 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ↑ "kitty - hardware-accelerated terminal emulator". LinuxLinks. 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
It offers GPU-acceleration combined with a wide feature set. It's targeted at power keyboard users. It's billed as a modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator
- ↑ Kumar, Nitesh. "Best Terminal Emulators for Linux – Linux Hint". Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "KiTTY". www.9bis.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "icat - Display images in the terminal — kitty 0.19.3 documentation". sw.kovidgoyal.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
- ↑ "Kitty terminal emulator". aliquote.org. 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Unicode input — kitty 0.19.3 documentation". sw.kovidgoyal.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ Gautam, Pratik (2020-12-22). "Kitty - A Powerful GPU Based Terminal Emulator". LinOxide. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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