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Kitty

kitty is a free and open-source GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Linux, macOS, and some BSD distributions. Focused on performance and features, kitty is written in a mix of C and Python programming languages. It provides GPU support.

Install

Install kitty from your preferred package manager or from here.

Add the following lines to the configuration:

  • With Base16 terminal colors
toml
[[themes]]
target = "kitty-full.conf"
links = "~/.config/kitty/colors.conf"
cmds = "pidof kitty | xargs kill -SIGUSR1"
  • Without Base16 terminal colors
toml
[links]
target = "kitty-full.conf"
target = "kitty.conf"

INFO

You need to generate colors for these theme files to be created.

  • If you're running rong for the first time:
    bash
    rong video -vv path/to/image/or/video
  • Else regenerate colors from current image:
    bash
    rong regen -vv

Apply

Add the following line to your kitty.conf:

bash
include colors.conf