Alacritty
Is the fastest terminal emulator in existence. Using the GPU for rendering enables optimizations that simply aren’t possible without it.
Installation
sudo apt install alacritty
Usage
alacrity
Flags
alacritty 0.4.1
Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com>
GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
USAGE:
alacritty [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
--hold Remain open after child process exits
--live-config-reload Enable automatic config reloading
--no-live-config-reload Disable automatic config reloading
--persistent-logging Keep the log file after quitting Alacritty
--print-events Print all events to stdout
-q Reduces the level of verbosity (the min level is -qq)
--ref-test Generates ref test
-v Increases the level of verbosity (the max level is -vvv)
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--class <class> Defines window class on Linux [default: Alacritty]
-e, --command <command>... Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
--config-file <config-file>
Specify alternative configuration file [default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml]
-d, --dimensions <columns> <lines>
Defines the window dimensions. Falls back to size specified by window manager if set to 0x0 [default: 0x0]
--embed <embed>
Defines the X11 window ID (as a decimal integer) to embed Alacritty within
--position <x-pos> <y-pos>
Defines the window position. Falls back to position specified by window manager if unset [default: unset]
-t, --title <title> Defines the window title [default: Alacritty]
--working-directory <working-directory> Start the shell in the specified working directory