kovidgoyal/kitty
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_readme
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: 10
- age_days: 3608
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 30
Adoption not part of the score
34614 stars · 1488 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
kitty is a fast, feature-rich, GPU-based terminal emulator written in Python, C, and Go. It supports tabs, window layouts, extensive configuration, and extensibility via 'kittens' such as icat, diff, and themes.
Use cases
- gpu-accelerated terminal emulator
- split terminal windows and tabs
- display images in the terminal
- diff files from the command line
- customize terminal colors and fonts
- fast terminal for heavy command-line workflows
When to choose
- you want a fast, GPU-rendered terminal with rich window management
- you need extensible terminal features like image display and themes
- you live in the terminal and want deep keyboard-driven customization
When to avoid
- you need a minimal, dependency-free terminal emulator
- your environment lacks GPU/OpenGL support
- you prefer a terminal with a plugin ecosystem in a different language
Facets
application · maturity stable
terminal-ui graphics developer-tools gui developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform python cpp go terminal-emulator gpu-accelerated opengl kittens tabs-and-windows shell-integration command-line linux macos
9 sources
- homepage: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 961c29b19b66
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/diff · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/desktop-ui · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/build · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
- site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00096c9f6900
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kovidgoyal/kitty | main | 98 |
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