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COSMIC Terminal vs Alacritty: catalog facts
COSMIC Terminal	Alacritty
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
GPU rendering with wgpu, plus a fallback renderer Font ligatures and bidirectional text	Vi mode for moving around and making selections with Vi bindings Search across the scrollback buffer, and regex hints for marking text
Designed for the COSMIC desktop on Linux Younger than long-established Linux terminals	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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