kitty (terminal emulator)

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]

For other uses, see Kitty (disambiguation).
kitty
Original author(s)Kovid Goyal
Initial release2017
Stable release
0.30.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 October 2023 (5 October 2023)
Repository
Written inC, Python
Operating systemLinux, macOS, FreeBSD
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 3.0
Websitesw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/ Edit this on Wikidata

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
  1. "Release 0.30.1". 5 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. "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
  3. Kumar, Nitesh. "Best Terminal Emulators for Linux – Linux Hint". Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  4. "KiTTY". www.9bis.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  5. "icat - Display images in the terminal — kitty 0.19.3 documentation". sw.kovidgoyal.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09. alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
  6. "Kitty terminal emulator". aliquote.org. 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  7. "Unicode input — kitty 0.19.3 documentation". sw.kovidgoyal.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  8. Gautam, Pratik (2020-12-22). "Kitty - A Powerful GPU Based Terminal Emulator". LinOxide. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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