Is the fastest terminal emulator in existence. Using the GPU for rendering enables optimizations that simply aren’t possible without it.
sudo apt install alacritty
alacrity
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