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Terminal emulator
kitty is a
free and open-source
GPU -accelerated
[2]
[3]
terminal emulator for
Linux ,
macOS ,
[4] and some
BSD distributions.
[5] 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 .
[6]
Features
Kitty supports supplemental programs called kittens that add features to kitty.
[7] Other features include:
Display images with
ImageMagick installed
[8]
[7]
Interactive Unicode characters input by name, code, recently used
[9]
Supports true color, text formatting features
Tiling of multiple windows and tabs
[10]
Single config file
Hyperlink clicks
Mouse support (for example in
Vim )
Multiple copy/paste buffers like in Vim
[11]
OpenGL rendering
[4]
References
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"Release 0.35.2" . 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024 .
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"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 .
^
a
b deCourville, Nick (2023-03-03).
"Best Terminal for Mac: Choosing Your Favorite Alternative" . The Mac Observer . Retrieved 2024-06-19 .
^ Byfield, Bruce (July 2022).
"A modern terminal emulator Here, Kitty, Kitty" . www.magzter.com .
Linux Magazine . Retrieved 2024-06-19 .
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"KiTTY" . www.9bis.net . Retrieved 2021-03-09 .
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a
b Borisov, Bobby (2022-04-01).
"Kitty Terminal Emulator: How to Install, Configure, and Use It" . linuxiac . Retrieved 2024-06-19 .
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"icat - Display images in the terminal — kitty 0.19.3 documentation" . sw.kovidgoyal.net . Retrieved 2021-03-09 . alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
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"Unicode input — kitty 0.19.3 documentation" . sw.kovidgoyal.net . Retrieved 2021-03-09 .
^ Das, Ankush (2021-03-18).
"Top 14 Terminal Emulators for Linux (With Extra Features or Amazing Looks)" . It's FOSS . Retrieved 2024-06-19 .
^ Gautam, Pratik (2020-12-22).
"Kitty - A Powerful GPU Based Terminal Emulator" . LinOxide . Retrieved 2021-03-09 .