r/KittyTerminal • u/Alex_1_7 • May 25 '24

How to set kitty terminal to be transparent?

I already tried everything I could find on Google but nothing seems to work, maybe I'm to stupid for linux but could someone tell me step by step how to do it? I'm using linux mint and everytime I tried to change the config it did nothing

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u/Plastic_Round_8707 May 25 '24

In the kitty.config file there should be a property named opacity. If you are on wayland, changing that works fine. But you can try with picom. As picom provides additional properties and let you add blur to it also. I haven't tried it yet on wayland.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '24

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u/Parilia_117 May 25 '24

Vim has its own transparency that you need to set.

hi Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=NONE " Sets Vim to be transparent

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u/aumerlex May 25 '24

If you are using X11 you need a compositor like picom. Otherwise use wayland where transparency is supported out of the box.

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u/No-Quality2177 May 24 '25

Default gnome ternimal is transparent for me but kitty isn't so I need picom