Original author(s) | Kovid Goyal |
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Initial release | 2017 |
Stable release | 0.35.2[1]
/ 22 June 2024 |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Python |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, FreeBSD |
License | GNU General Public License, version 3.0 |
Website | sw |
kitty is a free and open-source GPU-accelerated[2][3] terminal emulator for Linux, macOS,[4] and some BSD distributions.[5] focused on performance and features. kitty is written in a mix of C and Python programming languages. It provides GPU support. kitty shares its name with another program — KiTTY — a fork of PuTTY for Microsoft Windows.[6]
It offers GPU-acceleration combined with a wide feature set. It's targeted at power keyboard users. It's billed as a modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator