Alacritty vs. Kitty vs. Rio vs. WezTerm - minimalistic Terminal emulator?

[Quotenfrau]

Hi

Alacritty vs. Kitty vs. Rio vs WezTerm

which terminal emulator is the simplest, based on the KISS principle?

GitHub - raphamorim/rio: A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.

A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers. - raphamorim/rio

github.com

GitHub - wezterm/wezterm: A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust - wezterm/wezterm

github.com

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

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

github.com

GitHub - alacritty/alacritty: A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. Contribute to alacritty/alacritty development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Slartibart]

The intention is to use the same Terminal on different platforms?

Otherwise K.I.S.S. would suggest IMHO to stick with the included Terminal or, if you want GPU-acceleration, split panes, hot keys, search, etc., I would go with iTerm2 on macOS. YMMV.

 

[Quotenfrau]

The intention is to use the same Terminal on different platforms?

No.

Why you recommend iTerm2? It's old-school

 

[Slartibart]

It's old-school

as any terminal intrinsically is 😀 … anyway: iTerm2 has no additional dependencies or requirements; native macOS system integration (e.g. uses system notification, metal support, &,&,&); feature rich; mature project; Swift sources/XCode project… and Swift is a high-level language, and unlike Rust, that’s desirable for system applications because of its low-level expressivity.

What makes any project of your list »new school« 😀?

 

[it wasnt me]

which terminal emulator is the simplest, based on the KISS principle?

9term, probably.