kitty

kitty is a "cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator".

(in theory) faster than other terminal emulators because it relies on the GPU
better Unicode support than iTerm2/Terminal.app (emojis were often awkward to edit for me on iTerm2)
custom layouts without the need for tmux (see Cheat Sheet)
extensible via plugins (kittens)
configuration is in a file so no need to fiddle around menus when reinstalling or restoring a backup

All kitty commands are prefixed with ⌃⇧ (Control-Shift).

Key

Action

⌃⇧T

Create new tab

⌃⇧→

Change current tab to the one on the right

⌃⇧⏎

Create a new split window in the current tab

⌃⇧1

Focus first window in current tab (2 for second, 3 for third, ...)

⌃⇧L

Toggle between different window layouts in the current tab: stack, tall, fat, grid, horizontal, vertical

⌃⇧R

Resize current window manually

⌃⇧U

Open Unicode character picker, allowing you to search Unicode characters (e.g. emoji) by name

⌃⇧E

Open URL picker (look for URLs in terminal output and allow opening of URLs given their index)

⌃⇧P>F

Open file picker (look for paths in terminal output and paste them into prompt given their index)

Last updated 6 years ago

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