# kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

Repository: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kitty
Homepage: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: terminal-emulators, opengl, terminfo, vt100, python, c, terminal, kitty, kitty-terminal, go, golang, golang-application
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:27:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3608, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 10, "n_releases_24m": 30}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 34614, forks 1488 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.647544+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: terminal-ui, graphics, developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, python, cpp, go
- tags: terminal-emulator, gpu-accelerated, opengl, kittens, tabs-and-windows, shell-integration, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kovidgoyal/kitty (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.647544+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:27:28.190083+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.199624+00:00, sha 961c29b19b66)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.203388+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.214571+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/diff (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.209335+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/desktop-ui (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.211025+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.212716+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.205606+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/build (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.207477+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
  - site_page: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:18.216176+00:00, sha 00096c9f6900)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.