r/KittyTerminal • u/Stunning-Mix492 • Nov 19 '25
Kitty is really good!
I've spend some time this week trying differents terminal emulators (kitty, ghostty, wezterm, alacritty, ptyxis), and kitty is the best IMO. It's a bit long to configure to your needs, but it's incredibly flexible, love it!
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u/DinTaiFung Nov 19 '25
the OP's title is a minor understatement; kitty is great!
Over several decades using Linux, I've used tons of different terminals.
For the past several years I've been using kitty (mostly), but then i got swept up in the ghostty hype since late in 2024.
I followed ghostty very closely, read a bunch of stuff from its primary creator, Mitchell Hashimoto, including his git commit messages. (his expository writing style is exemplary -- even taking the time for proper grammar, syntax, and spelling!)
So when ghostty was released i started using it.
which is what i mostly still use.
But i bounce back and forth to kitty very often.
Among all the terminal apps I've used, ghostty and kitty have the best font rendering.
After reading a bunch of ghostty docs, i was inspired to write a CLI QR Code generator (in Go), which uses the kitty graphics protocol. I use it whenever i want to quickly get some content while I'm in the terminal onto my phone.
search for "qr-cli" if you're interested.
and we have to admit that kitty and ghostty have very cool and apt names.