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Changelog
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kitty is a feature full, hackable, OpenGL based terminal emulator.
kitty is a feature full, cross-platform, *fast*, OpenGL based terminal emulator.
version 0.4.0 [future]
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* Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different
layouts without needing to use an extra program like tmux
* Supports all modern terminal features: graphics, unicode, true-color, mouse
protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and so on.
* Supports all modern terminal features: graphics (images), unicode,
true-color, mouse protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and so on.
* Allows you to view the scrollback buffer in a separate window
using your favorite pager program such as less
* Support startup sessions which allow you to specify the window/tab layout,
* Supports startup sessions which allow you to specify the window/tab layout,
working directories and programs to run on startup.
* Uses OpenGL for rendering, offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system
load and buttery smooth scrolling. Uses threaded rendering to minimize input
latency.
* Cross-platform support: kitty currently works on Linux and macOS, but because
it uses only OpenGL for rendering, it should be trivial to port to other
platforms.
* Allows you to view the scrollback buffer in a separate window using your
favorite pager program such as less
* Easily hackable (UI layer written in python, inner loops in C for
speed). Less than fifteen thousand lines of code.
* Uses OpenGL for rendering, offloads rendering work to the GPU for lower system load.
* Cross-platform support: kitty currently works on Linux and macOS, but because it
uses only OpenGL for rendering, it should be trivial to port to
other platforms.
image::screenshot.png?raw=true[Screenshot, showing three programs in the "Tall" layout]
toc::[]