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kitty

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with image and multiplexer support.

kitty is a fast, feature-rich Linux terminal emulator written in C and Python. It renders text via OpenGL, supports tabs and split windows natively, and pioneered the "kitty graphics protocol" for displaying images inline in the terminal — a protocol now supported by several other terminals.

kitty offers a kitten (small extension) ecosystem for tasks like diffing, hex editing, and SSH integration, and is one of the most widely used modern Linux terminals.

License: GPL-3.0

Category: Terminal

Website: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/

Install

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install kitty
Fedora/RHEL:   sudo dnf install kitty
Arch:          sudo pacman -S kitty

Authors

  • Kovid Goyal (creator)
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