contour-terminal/contour
Modern C++ Terminal Emulator observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 88.5
- age_days: 2576
- days_rel: 16
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
3009 stars · 148 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Contour is a modern, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in C++23 for everyday use by power users. It offers advanced features such as font ligatures, full Unicode/emoji support, sixel images, persistent sessions, and vi-like input modes across Linux, macOS, BSD, and Windows.
Use cases
- fast gpu-accelerated terminal emulator
- terminal with font ligatures support
- terminal emulator with sixel image support
- terminal with emoji and unicode grapheme cluster support
- persistent terminal sessions that survive window close
- vi-like keybindings in a terminal emulator
- cross-platform terminal emulator for windows linux mac
When to choose
- you want a fast, GPU-rendered terminal with modern rendering features like synchronized output and text reflow
- you need font ligatures, emoji, and sixel/ReGIS graphics in your terminal
- you want persistent sessions with local or network reattach and tmux interop
- you prefer vi-like modes, hint mode, and deep customization via profiles and keybindings
When to avoid
- you need a minimal, ultra-lightweight terminal with a small dependency footprint
- you rely on a terminal emulator deeply integrated with a specific desktop environment like GNOME Terminal or Konsole
- you need a terminal that runs in a browser or over SSH-only environments
Facets
application · maturity active
terminal-ui graphics developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform cpp terminal-emulator gpu-accelerated sixel unicode font-ligatures vt100 tmux command-line linux macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour · fetched 2026-08-28 · 24a406c48c05
- homepage: http://contour-terminal.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c344085a2da2
- site_page: http://contour-terminal.org/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1e44479b2f8d
- site_page: http://contour-terminal.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · cc6f55529777
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| contour-terminal/contour | main | 95 |
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