Extend with kittens

.. _kittens:

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kittens/icat kittens/diff kittens/unicode_input kittens/themes kittens/choose-fonts kittens/hints kittens/quick-access-terminal kittens/choose-files kittens/panel kittens/remote_file kittens/hyperlinked_grep kittens/transfer kittens/ssh kittens/custom kittens/*

|kitty| has a framework for easily creating terminal programs that make use of its advanced features. These programs are called kittens. They are used both to add features to |kitty| itself and to create useful standalone programs. Some prominent kittens:

:doc:icat <kittens/icat> Display images in the terminal.

:doc:diff <kittens/diff> A fast, side-by-side diff for the terminal with syntax highlighting and images.

:doc:Unicode input <kittens/unicode_input> Easily input arbitrary Unicode characters in |kitty| by name or hex code.

:doc:Themes <kittens/themes> Preview and quick switch between over three hundred color themes.

:doc:Fonts <kittens/choose-fonts> Preview, fine-tune and quick switch the fonts used by kitty.

:doc:Hints <kittens/hints> Select and open/paste/insert arbitrary text snippets such as URLs, filenames, words, lines, etc. from the terminal screen.

:doc:Quick access terminal <kittens/quick-access-terminal> Get access to a quick access floating, semi-transparent kitty window with a single keypress.

:doc:Panel <kittens/panel> Draw the desktop wallpaper or docks and panels using arbitrary terminal programs.

:doc:Choose files <kittens/choose-files> Preview and select files at the speed of thought

:doc:Remote file <kittens/remote_file> Edit, open, or download remote files over SSH easily, by simply clicking on the filename.

:doc:Transfer files <kittens/transfer> Transfer files and directories seamlessly and easily from remote machines over your existing SSH sessions with a simple command.

:doc:Hyperlinked grep <kittens/hyperlinked_grep> Search your files using ripgrep <https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep>__ and open the results directly in your favorite editor in the terminal, at the line containing the search result, simply by clicking on the result you want.

:doc:Broadcast <kittens/broadcast> Type in one :term:kitty window <window> and have it broadcast to all (or a subset) of other :term:kitty windows <window>.

:doc:SSH <kittens/ssh> SSH with automatic :ref:shell integration <shell_integration>, connection re-use for low latency and easy cloning of local shell and editor configuration to the remote host.

:doc:Clipboard <kittens/clipboard> Copy/paste to the clipboard from shell scripts, even over SSH.

You can also :doc:Learn to create your own kittens <kittens/custom>.