Kitty
Dev tools
terminal emulator
SHOW HN2017
192points
88comments
#177of 2,242 in 2017
Top 8%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 12 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Execution: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and looks good once working
From 1 comment
It works, now. Wow. It looks good. It fast. Very neat. Mouse works properly. The only problems so far: * ctrl-arrow and ctrl-shift-arrow combinations are not working in bash and…
lisivka on HN
Built by the author of calibre
From 1 comment
Oh wow, it's the guy behind calibre! Cool! Plz plz plz make a windows build. I use cygwin for so much, and a more performant terminal option would be amazing.
fake-name on HN
Objections
Built-in tiling duplicates existing tiling window managers and multiplexers
From 3 comments
I like it! I've seen just about every terminal implement its own version of tiling, and I just have to ask: Why? Doesn't this just increase the line count and surface area…
TkTech on HNYou opinion tiling WMs makes me thing you haven't tried something dead-simple like i3wm. What you describe is a non-issue for us i3 users.
hobarrera on HNHe's saying there are other better tools for the purpose. You can use a tiling window manager like i3 or dwm, or a manager within the shell like screen or tmux.
vortico on HN
Requires OpenGL 4.3 extensions, failing on older GPUs
From 2 comments
Out of luck with Nvidia proprietary driver and latest Fedora: ``` RuntimeError: OpenGL is missing the required ARB_copy_image extension ``` ARB_copy_image is OpenGL 4.3…
lisivka on HNThe GTX 460 came out six years ago. It goes up to OpenGL 4.1. Sorry, pal. http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-460/specifications Edit: I was wrong! My bad.
striking on HN
Only runs from source, no Windows or macOS support yet
From 2 comments
Currently there are no builds, even for linux, kitty runs directly from source code (modulo some C code used for performance) :) As for windows support it should be relatively…
aumerle on HNNot currently, but it should be easy to port, since it only uses cross platform library such as freetype, glfw, python, etc.
aumerle on HN
Requests
Windows build
From 1 comment
Oh wow, it's the guy behind calibre! Cool! Plz plz plz make a windows build. I use cygwin for so much, and a more performant terminal option would be amazing.
fake-name on HN
macOS port
From 1 comment
Does this work with MacOS? I didn't see that mentioned in the README. I have a Linux desktop and MacBook laptop. I would like to run the same Terminal on both.
ma2rten on HN
Distro packages
From 1 comment
Any plans to get it into official repos? (I'm not super excited about compiling my own stuff. It's so very, very nice to get automatic updates.)
sandebert on HN
Ctrl-arrow, shift-insert and mouse paste support
From 2 comments
It works, now. Wow. It looks good. It fast. Very neat. Mouse works properly. The only problems so far: * ctrl-arrow and ctrl-shift-arrow combinations are not working in bash and…
lisivka on HNCtrl-arrow jumps over words, like Alt-f/w. Ctrl-pgup/pgdown jumps to top/bottom of the current screen in mcedit without moving it. Shift-arrow selects text as cursor moves,…
lisivka on HN
Questions
Does it work with macOS?
From 1 comment
Does this work with MacOS? I didn't see that mentioned in the README. I have a Linux desktop and MacBook laptop. I would like to run the same Terminal on both.
ma2rten on HN
Does it work over X11 forwarding and how is performance?
From 1 comment
How do these work forwarded over X11? Passibly or does the opengl kill permforance?
mzs on HN
Alternatives named
tmux and screen
From 2 comments
This issue actually divides the terminal userbase. There are the ones with tabs like Gnome Terminal, and the ones that don't manage screens like Termite, st, xterm, and urxvt.
vortico on HN..and all of them run Tmux/Screen.
Fnoord on HN
i3 and other tiling window managers
From 1 comment
You opinion tiling WMs makes me thing you haven't tried something dead-simple like i3wm. What you describe is a non-issue for us i3 users.
hobarrera on HN
Konsole, Gnome Terminal, Terminator
From 2 comments
I'm not sure if Kitty does this but with Konsole in KDE it enables a number of features that I've found useful in the past. With Konsole's split view I can have a different…
simcop2387 on HNIs there a compare / contrast between this project and Gnome Terminator? https://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html
bsg75 on HN
Cmder, ConEmu, mintty
From 2 comments
Have you tried Cmder[1]? It's a wrapper for ConEmu[2] with Clink[3] integration, and if you get the git-for-windows bundle it comes with a ton of functionality. It also works…
ohyeshedid on HNRe WSL in Cmder/ConEmu: it's not so simple as that. In fact, it's a terrible mess. If you try to use the straightforward bash.exe, you will quickly run into things that are…
kirillkh on HN