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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
[links]
"kitty-full.conf" = "~/.config/kitty/colors.conf"
  • Without base16 terminal colors
toml
[links]
"kitty.conf" = "~/.config/kitty/colors.conf"

INFO

You need to generate colors for these configuration files to be created. Run:

bash
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Apply ​

Add the following line to your kitty.conf:

bash
include colors.conf

Reload ​

You can live reload kitty theme via sending signal:

bash
pidof kitty | xargs kill -SIGUSR1