| Alacritty | |
|---|---|
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 A screenshot of Alacritty runningVim | |
| Original author | Joe Wilm[1] |
| Developers | Kirill Chibisov, Christian Dürr[2] |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | Rust |
| Operating system | macOS,Linux,Microsoft Windows,FreeBSD |
| Platform | x86-64,IA-32 |
| License | Apache Software License 2.0,MIT License |
| Website | alacritty |
| Repository | |
Alacritty is afree and open-sourceGPU-acceleratedterminal emulator focused on performance and simplicity. Consequently, it does not supporttabs or splits and is configured by editing a text file. It is written inRust and usesOpenGL.[4][5][6]
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Joe Wilm announced Alacritty in his blog on 6 January 2017. He describes it as "the result of frustration with existing terminal emulators. Usingvim insidetmux in many terminals was a particularly bad experience. None of them were ever quite fast enough". He foundurxvt andst difficult to configure and criticized their "inability to run on non-X11 platforms".[1]
With the release of version 0.2.0 in September 2018 Alacritty gained support for scrollback.[7]
In version 0.3.0, released in April 2019, Alacritty enteredbeta stage and support for Windows, text reflow, and clicking onURLs was added.[8]
In version 0.5.0, released in July 2020, a mode withvi keybindings for searching and copying text was added.[9]
In version 0.6.0, released in November 2020, a newCtrl+C binding to cancel search and leave vi mode was added.[10]
Alacritty supportstrue color in addition to the standard 16ANSI colors.[11]
Alacritty explicitly doesnot supporttabs or splits because similar functionality can be achieved with aterminal multiplexer orwindow manager.[12][13]
Alacritty is configured by editing a template file inTOML format.[14]
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