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Alacritty vs Black Box: catalog facts
Alacritty	Black Box
Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Vi mode for moving around and making selections with Vi bindings Search across the scrollback buffer, and regex hints for marking text	Native GTK 4 and libadwaita interface Uses the established VTE terminal engine
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	Linux only Releases are infrequent
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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