thestinger/termite
Termite is obsoleted by Alacritty. Termite was a keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5216
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1944
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2707 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Termite was a keyboard-centric terminal emulator built on the VTE (GTK) widget, designed for use inside tiling window managers that handle tabs and splits. It is now officially obsoleted by Alacritty, which the project recommends as its replacement.
Use cases
- keyboard-driven terminal emulator for i3 or other tiling window managers
- terminal with vim-like keyboard text selection mode
- terminal with URL hints mode for opening links from the keyboard
- minimal terminal emulator that delegates tabbing and splitting to the window manager
- find a replacement for termite on Linux
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Linux setup already configured around Termite and its config format
When to avoid
- starting any new setup - use Alacritty instead, as the project itself recommends
- you need a maintained terminal emulator with active development and security fixes
- you want cross-platform support beyond Linux/BSD
- you need features like GPU-accelerated rendering or modern performance
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
terminal-ui gui developer-tools desktop-applications cpp terminal-emulator vte keyboard-centric tiling-window-manager obsolete gtk command-line linux desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/thestinger/termite · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4fc115d9beaf
- homepage: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8932499de33c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| thestinger/termite | main | 10 |
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