Alacritty
A GPU-accelerated terminal focused on a small, configurable core.GetApache-2.0
kitty
A keyboard-driven terminal with GPU rendering, layouts, and extensible helper tools.
GPL-3.0 · Free download · Downloads from sw.kovidgoyal.net
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- kovidgoyal
- Verified
- 2026
About kitty
kitty provides a terminal with configurable layouts and keyboard controls. Its helper programs, called kittens, extend tasks around terminal sessions.
Use it for a shell workspace that can display more than plain terminal text. macOS disk images are available from the upstream releases.
Information
- Source code
- kovidgoyal/kitty
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Website
- sw.kovidgoyal.net
- Download
- sw.kovidgoyal.net
- Homebrew
- kitty
- Category
- Developer tools
- Topics
- Terminal emulators
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
- github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/master/LICENSE
- sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary
- icon.png: kitty contributors. GPL-3.0; project trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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