Alacritty
A deliberately minimal OpenGL terminal that leaves multiplexing and tabs to other programs and just draws text fast.
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4 more ways to get Alacritty
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install alacritty - Homebrew
brew install --cask alacritty - Snap Store
sudo snap install alacritty --classic - crates.io
cargo install alacritty
About Alacritty
Alacritty is a terminal emulator with sensible defaults and extensive configuration, built on the principle of integrating with other applications rather than reimplementing them. There are no tabs and no built-in multiplexer: you pair it with tmux or your window manager.
What it does add is targeted at heavy terminal users: a Vi mode for moving around and selecting with Vi bindings, search through the scrollback buffer, regex hints for marking text for mouse or keyboard use, and a multi-window mode that keeps everything in one process. It runs on BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.
Strengths
- Vi mode for moving around and making selections with Vi bindings
- Search across the scrollback buffer, and regex hints for marking text
- Multi-window mode reuses a single process rather than spawning one per window
- Runs on BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows from the same configuration
Limitations
- The project describes itself as beta, with features still missing and bugs to fix
- No tabs or built-in multiplexer by design; you need tmux or your window manager
- Needs at least OpenGL ES 2.0, and ConPTY on Windows 10 1809 or later
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source, with no paid edition.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Developer
- The Alacritty contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Terminal users who already live in tmux and want the fastest possible window around it
- Categories
- Terminals
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (SSH / Terminal); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 5 sources on file.
Similar software
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