kovidgoyal/kitty

kovidgoyal/kitty has 35,553 GitHub stars and 1,586 forks. GitHot measured +15 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-05 15:52 UTC. Last push 2026-11-01.

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

35,553 stars 1,586 forks +15 in 24h

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= kitty - the fast, feature-rich, cross-platform, GPU based terminal

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

See https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/[the kitty website].

image:https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/workflows/CI/badge.svg["Build status", link="https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/actions?query=workflow%3ACI"]

https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq/[Frequently Asked Questions]

To ask other questions about kitty usage, use either the https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/[discussions on GitHub] or the https://www.reddit.com/r/KittyTerminal[Reddit community]

Packaging status in various repositories:

image:https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/kitty-terminal.svg?columns=3&header=kitty["Packaging status", link="https://repology.org/project/kitty-terminal/versions"]

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