kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for YOU!

The fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal emulator.

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quickstart
overview
faq
support
sessions
performance
changelog
integrations
protocol-extensions
press-mentions

.. tab:: Fast

• Uses GPU and SIMD vector CPU instructions for :doc:best in class performance <performance>
• Uses threaded rendering for :iss:absolutely minimal latency <2701#issuecomment-636497270>
• Performance tradeoffs can be :ref:tuned <conf-kitty-performance>

.. tab:: Capable

• Graphics, with :doc:images and animations <graphics-protocol>
• Ligatures, emoji with :opt:per glyph font substitution <symbol_map> and :doc:variable fonts and font features </kittens/choose-fonts>
• :term:Hyperlinks<hyperlinks>, with :doc:configurable actions <open_actions>

.. tab:: Scriptable

• Control from :doc:scripts or the shell <remote-control>
• Extend with :ref:kittens <kittens> using the Python language
• Use :ref:startup sessions <sessions> to specify working environments

.. tab:: Composable

• Programmable tabs, :ref:splits <splits_layout> and multiple :doc:layouts <layouts> to manage windows
• Browse the :ref:entire history <scrollback> or the :sc:output from the last command <show_last_command_output> comfortably in pagers and editors
• Edit or download :doc:remote files <kittens/remote_file> in an existing SSH session

.. tab:: Cross-platform

• Linux
• macOS
• Various BSDs

.. tab:: Innovative

Pioneered various extensions to move the entire terminal ecosystem forward

• :doc:graphics-protocol
• :doc:keyboard-protocol
• Lots more in :doc:protocol-extensions

To get started see :doc:quickstart.

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