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kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

34,858

stars

19,041

commits

Python

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
c
go
golang
golang-application
kitty
kitty-terminal
opengl
python
terminal
terminal-emulators
terminfo
vt100

README

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you!

See the kitty website.

Build status

Frequently Asked Questions

To ask other questions about kitty usage, use either the discussions on GitHub or the Reddit community

Packaging status in various repositories:

Packaging status

Contributors

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kovidgoyal

16,875 commits

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435 commits

Luflosi

369 commits

Copilot

210 commits

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kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

34,858

stars

19,041

commits

Python

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
c
go
golang
golang-application
kitty
kitty-terminal
opengl
python
terminal
terminal-emulators
terminfo
vt100

README

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you!

See the kitty website.

Build status

Frequently Asked Questions

To ask other questions about kitty usage, use either the discussions on GitHub or the Reddit community

Packaging status in various repositories:

Packaging status

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Contributors

(top 30 of 443)

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page-down

435 commits

Luflosi

369 commits

Copilot

210 commits

Languages

Python

38.3%

C

29.0%

Go

24.8%

Objective-C

5.1%

Slang

1.7%