Alacritty
alacritty.orgA cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
Dev Toolsterminal-emulatoropenglcross-platformcliopen-sourcehigh-performance
About
Alacritty is a modern, high-performance terminal emulator built with OpenGL, available on BSD, Linux, macOS, and Windows. It ships with sensible defaults while offering extensive configuration options, and focuses on performance by integrating with other tools rather than reimplementing their features. It includes quality-of-life features like vi mode, text search, regex hints, and multi-window support.
Problem
Existing terminal emulators often sacrifice performance or flexibility, lacking high-speed rendering and deep configurability across platforms.
For
developers and power users who spend significant time in the terminal
How it works
Alacritty renders terminal output using OpenGL for GPU-accelerated performance and integrates with external applications rather than reimplementing their functionality, keeping it lean and fast.
Business model
open-source
Status
launched