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 <h1 align="center">Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator</h1>

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   <img alt="Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator"
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 ## About

 Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but
 allows for extensive [configuration](#configuration). By integrating with other
 applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to
 provide a flexible set of [features](./docs/features.md) with high performance.
 The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

 The software is considered to be at a **beta** level of readiness; there are
 a few missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as
 a daily driver.

 Precompiled binaries are available from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).

 Join [`#alacritty`] on libera.chat if you have questions or looking for a quick help.

 [`#alacritty`]: https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#alacritty

 ## Features

 You can find an overview over the features available in Alacritty [here](./docs/features.md).

 ## Further information

 - [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](https://jwilm.io/blog/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017
 - [A talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHOdYO3WUTk) January 19, 2017
 - [Alacritty Lands Scrollback, Publishes Benchmarks](https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/) September 17, 2018

 ## Installation

 Alacritty can be installed by using various package managers on Linux, BSD,
 macOS and Windows.

 Prebuilt binaries for macOS and Windows can also be downloaded from the
 [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).

 For everyone else, the detailed instructions to install Alacritty can be found
 [here](INSTALL.md).

 ### Requirements

 - At least OpenGL ES 2.0
 - [Windows] ConPTY support (Windows 10 version 1809 or higher)

 ## Configuration

 You can find the documentation for Alacritty's configuration in `man 5
 alacritty`, or by looking at [the website] if you do not have the manpages
 installed.

 [the website]: https://alacritty.org/config-alacritty.html

 Alacritty doesn't create the config file for you, but it looks for one in the
 following locations:

 1. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
 2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.toml`
 3. `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
 4. `$HOME/.alacritty.toml`

 ### Windows

 On Windows, the config file should be located at:

 `%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.toml`

 ## Contributing

 A guideline about contributing to Alacritty can be found in the
 [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

 ## FAQ

 **_Is it really the fastest terminal emulator?_**

 Benchmarking terminal emulators is complicated. Alacritty uses
 [vtebench](https://github.com/alacritty/vtebench) to quantify terminal emulator
 throughput and manages to consistently score better than the competition using
 it. If you have found an example where this is not the case, please report a
 bug.

 Other aspects like latency or framerate and frame consistency are more difficult
 to quantify. Some terminal emulators also intentionally slow down to save
 resources, which might be preferred by some users.

 If you have doubts about Alacritty's performance or usability, the best way to
 quantify terminal emulators is always to test them with **your** specific
 usecases.

 **_Why isn't feature X implemented?_**

 Alacritty has many great features, but not every feature from every other
 terminal. This could be for a number of reasons, but sometimes it's just not a
 good fit for Alacritty. This means you won't find things like tabs or splits
 (which are best left to a window manager or [terminal multiplexer][tmux]) nor
 niceties like a GUI config editor.

 [tmux]: https://github.com/tmux/tmux

 ## License

 Alacritty is released under the [Apache License, Version 2.0].

 [Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE
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	<img width="200" alt="Alacritty Logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alacritty/alacritty/master/extra/logo/compat/alacritty-term%2Bscanlines.png">
	</p>

	<h1 align="center">Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator</h1>

	<p align="center">
	<img alt="Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator"
	src="extra/promo/alacritty-readme.png">
	</p>

	## About

	Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but
	allows for extensive [configuration](#configuration). By integrating with other
	applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to
	provide a flexible set of [features](./docs/features.md) with high performance.
	The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

	The software is considered to be at a beta level of readiness; there are
	a few missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as
	a daily driver.

	Precompiled binaries are available from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).

	Join [`#alacritty`] on libera.chat if you have questions or looking for a quick help.

	[`#alacritty`]: https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#alacritty

	## Features

	You can find an overview over the features available in Alacritty [here](./docs/features.md).

	## Further information

	- [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](https://jwilm.io/blog/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017
	- [A talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHOdYO3WUTk) January 19, 2017
	- [Alacritty Lands Scrollback, Publishes Benchmarks](https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/) September 17, 2018

	## Installation

	Alacritty can be installed by using various package managers on Linux, BSD,
	macOS and Windows.

	Prebuilt binaries for macOS and Windows can also be downloaded from the
	[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).

	For everyone else, the detailed instructions to install Alacritty can be found
	[here](INSTALL.md).

	### Requirements

	- At least OpenGL ES 2.0
	- [Windows] ConPTY support (Windows 10 version 1809 or higher)

	## Configuration

	You can find the documentation for Alacritty's configuration in `man 5
	alacritty`, or by looking at [the website] if you do not have the manpages
	installed.

	[the website]: https://alacritty.org/config-alacritty.html

	Alacritty doesn't create the config file for you, but it looks for one in the
	following locations:

	1. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
	2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.toml`
	3. `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
	4. `$HOME/.alacritty.toml`

	### Windows

	On Windows, the config file should be located at:

	`%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.toml`

	## Contributing

	A guideline about contributing to Alacritty can be found in the
	[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

	## FAQ

	_Is it really the fastest terminal emulator?_

	Benchmarking terminal emulators is complicated. Alacritty uses
	[vtebench](https://github.com/alacritty/vtebench) to quantify terminal emulator
	throughput and manages to consistently score better than the competition using
	it. If you have found an example where this is not the case, please report a
	bug.

	Other aspects like latency or framerate and frame consistency are more difficult
	to quantify. Some terminal emulators also intentionally slow down to save
	resources, which might be preferred by some users.

	If you have doubts about Alacritty's performance or usability, the best way to
	quantify terminal emulators is always to test them with your specific
	usecases.

	_Why isn't feature X implemented?_

	Alacritty has many great features, but not every feature from every other
	terminal. This could be for a number of reasons, but sometimes it's just not a
	good fit for Alacritty. This means you won't find things like tabs or splits
	(which are best left to a window manager or [terminal multiplexer][tmux]) nor
	niceties like a GUI config editor.

	[tmux]: https://github.com/tmux/tmux

	## License

	Alacritty is released under the [Apache License, Version 2.0].

	[Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE