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best linux terminal emulator (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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what is the best linux terminal? I have been using alacritty for years and have been doing well. But I don't think kitty and st. I was wondering if any new projects have come out in recent years.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For me: Wezterm. It does pretty much everything. I don't think Alacritty/Kitty etc. offer anything over it for my usage, and the developer is a pleasure to engage with.

Second place is Konsole -- it does a lot, is easy to configure, and obviously integrates nicely with KDE apps.

Honorable mention is Extraterm, which has been working on cool features for a long time, and is now Qt based.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

+1 for Wezterm, it also had image support that Alacritty didn't have, which I needed for Yazi to work.

I've heard good things about Warp too but Wezterm is where I'll be for now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to love it, but I keep getting crashes in mixed dpi environments on wayland.

I moved to foot instead. Bare bones, but unobtrusive enough. Shame the scrollbar is jank.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, is that #4948?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Seems likely! Not me, but my experience mirrors it pretty closely