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|kitty| is a feature-rich, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal.
To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
Recent major new features
---------------------------
.. only:: dirhtml
A demo video
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new video showcasing some of kitty's many productivity enhancing features.
.. raw:: html
<video controls width="640" height="360">
<source src="https://download.calibre-ebook.com/videos/kitty.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="https://download.calibre-ebook.com/videos/kitty.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>
.. rst-class:: caption caption-text
Watch kitty in action!
Shell integration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kitty automatically integrates with common shells to allow browsing the
output of the previous command in a pager by pressing
:sc:`show_last_command_output`, jumping to previous prompt locations in the
scrollback by pressing :sc:`scroll_to_previous_prompt` and clicking with the
mouse anywhere in the current command to move the cursor there. See
:doc:`shell-integration` for details.
Logos for windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kitty has the ability to display arbitrary ``PNG`` images at the corner
of any kitty window to serve as a *logo* for quick window identification.
Can be controlled via :opt:`window_logo_path` and also and changed via
the :ref:`at_set-window-logo` remote control command.
Useful to quickly identify special windows or just for some *bling*.
.. figure:: screenshots/window-logo.png
:alt: A screenshot of the kitty shell window showing the kitty logo
:align: center
:width: 100%
A screenshot of the kitty shell window showing the kitty logo
Visual keyboard based window select
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Select a kitty window visually using the keyboard, like the
:doc:`kittens/hints`, but for kitty windows. Can also be used from shell
scripts/third party integrations via the :ref:`at_select-window` remote control
command.
.. figure:: screenshots/select-window.png
:alt: A screenshot of the kitty select window function
:align: center
:width: 100%
Hints for selecting kitty windows visually
Detailed list of changes
-------------------------------------
0.24.0 [future]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Integrate kitty closely with common shells such as zsh, fish and bash.
This allows lots of niceties such as jumping to previous prompts, opening the
@ -162,7 +231,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.23.1 [2021-08-17]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix themes kitten failing to download themes because of missing SSL
root certificates (:iss:`3936`)
@ -180,7 +249,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.23.0 [2021-08-16]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new :doc:`themes kitten </kittens/themes>` to easily change kitty themes.
Choose from almost two hundred themes in the `kitty themes repository
@ -226,7 +295,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.22.2 [2021-08-02]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix a long standing bug that could cause kitty windows to stop
updating, that got worse in the previous release (:iss:`3890` and
@ -237,7 +306,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.22.1 [2021-07-31]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix a regression in the previous release that broke ``kitty --help`` (:iss:`3869`)
@ -260,7 +329,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.22.0 [2021-07-26]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a new :ref:`action-toggle_layout` action to easily zoom/unzoom a window
@ -330,7 +399,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.21.2 [2021-06-28]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new :opt:`adjust_baseline` option to adjust the vertical alignment of text
inside a line (:pull:`3734`)
@ -373,7 +442,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.21.1 [2021-06-14]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke rendering of
strikeout (:iss:`3717`)
@ -386,7 +455,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.21.0 [2021-06-12]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow reloading the :file:`kitty.conf` config file by pressing
:sc:`reload_config_file`. (:iss:`1292`)
@ -479,7 +548,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.20.3 [2021-05-06]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Distribute universal binaries with both ARM and Intel architectures
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0.20.2 [2021-04-28]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new protocol extension to :ref:`unscroll <unscroll>` text from the
scrollback buffer onto the screen. Useful, for example, to restore
@ -540,7 +609,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.20.1 [2021-04-19]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- icat: Fix some broken GIF images with no frame delays not being animated
(:iss:`3498`)
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0.20.0 [2021-04-19]
----------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Support display of animated images ``kitty +kitten icat animation.gif``. See
:ref:`animation_protocol` for details on animation support in the kitty
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0.19.3 [2020-12-19]
-------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Happy holidays to all kitty users!
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0.19.2 [2020-11-13]
-------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new :doc:`kittens/query_terminal` kitten to easily query the running kitty
via escape codes to detect its version, and the values of
@ -782,7 +851,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.19.1 [2020-10-06]
-------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- hints kitten: Add an ``ip`` type for easy selection of IP addresses
(:pull:`3009`)
@ -794,7 +863,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.19.0 [2020-10-04]
-------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add support for `hyperlinks from terminal programs
<https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda>`_.
@ -866,7 +935,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.18.3 [2020-08-11]
-------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- hints kitten: Allow customizing hint colors (:pull:`2894`)
@ -887,7 +956,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.18.2 [2020-07-28]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- X11: Improve handling of multiple keyboards. Now pressing a modifier key in
one keyboard and a normal key in another works (:iss:`2362`). Don't rebuild
@ -952,13 +1021,13 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.18.1 [2020-06-23]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix for diff kitten not working with python 3.8 (:iss:`2780`)
0.18.0 [2020-06-20]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow multiple overlay windows per normal window
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0.17.4 [2020-05-09]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow showing the name of the current layout and the number of windows
in tab titles (:iss:`2634`)
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0.17.3 [2020-04-23]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow individually setting margins and padding for each edge (left, right,
top, bottom). Margins can also be controlled per window via remote control
@ -1090,7 +1159,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
- Fix :option:`--title` not being applied at window creation time (:iss:`2570`)
0.17.2 [2020-03-29]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a :option:`launch --watcher` option that allows defining callbacks
that are called for various events in the window's life-cycle (:iss:`2440`)
@ -1121,7 +1190,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.17.1 [2020-03-24]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix :opt:`cursor_underline_thickness` not working (:iss:`2465`)
@ -1136,7 +1205,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.17.0 [2020-03-24]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- :ref:`splits_layout` to arrange windows in arbitrary splits
(:iss:`2308`)
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0.16.0 [2020-01-28]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new :doc:`marks` feature that allows highlighting and scrolling to arbitrary
text in the terminal window.
@ -1274,7 +1343,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
them. (:iss:`2310`)
0.15.1 [2019-12-21]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix a crash/incorrect rendering when detaching a window in some circumstances
(:iss:`2173`)
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0.15.0 [2019-11-27]
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a new action :ref:`detach_window <detach_window>` that can be used to move the current
window into a different tab (:iss:`1310`)
@ -1349,7 +1418,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.6 [2019-09-25]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused a crash when
pressing a unprintable key, such as the POWER key (:iss:`1997`)
@ -1359,7 +1428,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.5 [2019-09-23]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Implement a hack to (mostly) preserve tabs when cat-ting a file with them and then
copying the text or passing screen contents to another program (:iss:`1829`)
@ -1382,7 +1451,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
- Use selection foreground color for underlines as well (:iss:`1982`)
0.14.4 [2019-08-31]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- hints kitten: Add a :option:`kitty +kitten hints --alphabet` option to
control what alphabets are used for hints (:iss:`1879`)
@ -1421,7 +1490,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.3 [2019-07-29]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Remote control: Add a command `kitty @ scroll-window` to scroll windows
@ -1476,7 +1545,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.2 [2019-06-09]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option :opt:`placement_strategy` to control how the cell area is
aligned inside the window when the window size is not an exact multiple
@ -1518,7 +1587,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.1 [2019-05-29]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option :opt:`command_on_bell` to run an arbitrary command when
a bell occurs (:iss:`1660`)
@ -1553,7 +1622,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.14.0 [2019-05-24]
---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: The default behavior of the Option key has changed. It now generates
unicode characters rather than acting as the :kbd:`Alt` modifier. See
@ -1688,7 +1757,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
characters not working well (:iss:`1616`)
0.13.3 [2019-01-19]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- icat kitten: Add a ``--stdin`` option to control if image data is read from
STDIN (:iss:`1308`)
@ -1726,7 +1795,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.13.2 [2019-01-04]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a new option :opt:`tab_title_template` to control how tab titles
are formatted. In particular the template can be used to display
@ -1768,7 +1837,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.13.1 [2018-12-06]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix passing input via the pipe action to a program without a window not
working.
@ -1781,7 +1850,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
be properly unwrapped (:iss:`1206`)
0.13.0 [2018-12-05]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option :opt:`scrollback_pager_history_size` to tell kitty to store
extended scrollback to use when viewing the scrollback buffer in a pager
@ -1878,7 +1947,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
and slash characters in short URLs (:iss:`1201`)
0.12.3 [2018-09-29]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- macOS: Fix kitty window not being rendered on macOS Mojave until the window is
moved or resized at least once (:iss:`887`)
@ -1887,7 +1956,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.12.2 [2018-09-24]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new ``last_used_layout`` function that can be mapped to a shortcut to
switch to the previously used window layout (:iss:`870`)
@ -1954,7 +2023,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
mouse to malfunction when using multiple kitty windows (:iss:`1002`)
0.12.1 [2018-09-08]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a new ``--start-in-fullscreen`` command line flag to start
kitty in full screen mode (:iss:`856`)
@ -1997,7 +2066,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
a bug in the 0.12.0 macOS package
0.12.0 [2018-09-01]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Preserve the mouse selection even when the contents of the screen are
scrolled or overwritten provided the new text does not intersect the
@ -2072,7 +2141,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.11.3 [2018-07-10]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Draw only the minimum borders needed for inactive windows. That is only the borders
that separate the inactive window from a neighbor. Note that setting
@ -2106,7 +2175,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.11.2 [2018-07-01]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Linux: Allow using XKB key names to bind shortcuts to keys not supported by GLFW (:pull:`665`)
@ -2143,7 +2212,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.11.1 [2018-06-17]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- diff kitten: Implement searching for text in the diff (:iss:`574`)
@ -2171,7 +2240,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.11.0 [2018-06-12]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new tab bar style "fade" in which each tab's edges fade into the background.
See :opt:`tab_bar_style` and :opt:`tab_fade` for details. The old look can be
@ -2262,7 +2331,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.10.1 [2018-05-24]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a kitten to easily ssh into servers that automatically copies the
terminfo files over. ``kitty +kitten ssh myserver``.
@ -2287,7 +2356,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.10.0 [2018-05-21]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A diff kitten to show side-by-side diffs with syntax highlighting and support
for images. See :doc:`diff kitten <kittens/diff>`.
@ -2337,7 +2406,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.9.1 [2018-05-05]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Show a bell symbol on the tab if a bell occurs in one of the windows in the tab and
the window is not the currently focused window
@ -2405,7 +2474,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.9.0 [2018-04-15]
------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new kitty command shell to allow controlling kitty via commands. Press
`ctrl+shift+escape` to run the shell.
@ -2449,7 +2518,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.8.4 [2018-03-31]
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix presence of XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and absence of XDG_CONFIG_HOME preventing
kitty from starting
@ -2459,7 +2528,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.8.3 [2018-03-29]
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix a regression that broke the visual bell and invert screen colors escape
code
@ -2484,7 +2553,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.8.2 [2018-03-17]
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow extending existing selections by right clicking
@ -2507,7 +2576,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
- Fix a crash when getting the contents of the scrollback buffer as text
0.8.1 [2018-03-09]
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Extend kitty's remote control feature to work over both UNIX and TCP sockets,
so now you can control kitty from across the internet, if you want to.
@ -2539,7 +2608,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.8.0 [2018-02-24]
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A framework for kittens, that is, small terminal programs designed to run
inside kitty and extend its capabilities. Examples include unicode input and
@ -2584,7 +2653,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
new window/tab.
0.7.1 [2018-01-31]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option to adjust the width of character cells
@ -2596,7 +2665,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.7.0 [2018-01-24]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Allow controlling kitty from the shell prompt/scripts. You can
open/close/rename windows and tabs and even send input to specific windows.
@ -2641,7 +2710,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.6.1 [2017-12-28]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option to fade the text in inactive windows
@ -2669,7 +2738,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.6.0 [2017-12-18]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Support background transparency via the background_opacity option. Provided
that your OS/window manager supports transparency, you can now have kitty
@ -2720,7 +2789,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.5.1 [2017-12-01]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add an option to control the thickness of lines in box drawing characters
@ -2737,7 +2806,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.5.0 [2017-11-19]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add support for ligature fonts such as Fira Code, Hasklig, etc. kitty now
uses harfbuzz for text shaping which allow it to support advanced OpenType
@ -2771,7 +2840,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.4.2 [2017-10-23]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix a regression in 0.4.0 that broke custom key mappings
@ -2782,7 +2851,7 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
0.4.0 [2017-10-22]
---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Support for drawing arbitrary raster graphics (images) in the terminal via a
new graphics protocol. kitty can draw images with full 32-bit color using both

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