Kitty Terminal Emulator Kitty is a fast, feature-rich, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator designed for power users. This configuration provides a beautiful, transparent terminal with excellent font rendering and performance.
Key Features
GPU Acceleration Hardware-accelerated rendering for smooth performance and animations
Ligatures Full support for programming ligatures with JetBrains Mono
Transparency 50% background opacity with blur for a modern aesthetic
Remote Control Unix socket support for remote control and scripting
Font Configuration Kitty uses JetBrains Mono Nerd Font with enhanced ligatures:
font_family JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono bold_font JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono Bold italic_font JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono Italic bold_italic_font JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono Bold Italic font_size 13.0 # Ligature enhancement disable_ligatures never font_features JetBrainsMonoNFM-Regular +zero +ss01 +cv14
Font Features
+zero: Slashed zero for clarity+ss01: Stylistic set 1+cv14: Character variant 14
Theme Configuration Catppuccin Macchiato theme provides a soothing pastel aesthetic:
# Basic colors foreground #CAD3F5 background #24273A selection_foreground #24273A selection_background #F4DBD6 # Cursor cursor #F4DBD6 cursor_text_color #24273A
Terminal Colors The Catppuccin palette includes 16 ANSI colors:
Color Normal Bright Black #494D64 #5B6078 Red #ED8796 #ED8796 Green #A6DA95 #A6DA95 Yellow #EED49F #EED49F Blue #8AADF4 #8AADF4 Magenta #F5BDE6 #F5BDE6 Cyan #8BD5CA #8BD5CA White #B8C0E0 #A5ADCB
Window Appearance # Transparency and blur background_opacity 0.50 background_blur 1 dynamic_background_opacity yes # Window dimensions initial_window_width 640 initial_window_height 480 remember_window_size no # Padding window_padding_width 12 window_padding_height 4 window_margin_height 5 # Borders window_border_width 0 draw_minimal_borders yes
Use Ctrl + Shift + F11 to toggle fullscreen mode, or adjust opacity on the fly with dynamic background opacity enabled.
Tab Bar Powerful tab management with visual indicators:
tab_bar_edge top tab_bar_style fade tab_powerline_style slanted tab_title_template "{fmt.fg.red}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.tab}{index}:{title}" tab_separator " ┇" # Appearance tab_bar_min_tabs 2 tab_bar_margin_width 9.0 tab_bar_margin_height 9.0 0.0 tab_fade 0.5 0.75 1 # Fonts active_tab_font_style bold inactive_tab_font_style normal
Cursor Settings cursor_shape beam cursor_beam_thickness 2.0 cursor_blink_interval 0.5 cursor_stop_blinking_after 15.0
The cursor uses a beam shape (vertical bar) with 2.0px thickness, ideal for programming.
Extensive scrollback buffer for long command outputs:
scrollback_lines 50000 scrollback_pager_history_size 100 scrollback_pager less --chop-long-lines --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS +INPUT_LINE_NUMBER scrollback_fill_enlarged_window yes
50,000 Lines Massive scrollback buffer for reviewing long outputs
Less Integration Uses less as the pager for comfortable reading
Keybindings Minimal but effective keybindings:
# Copy/Paste map ctrl+shift+c copy_to_clipboard map ctrl+shift+v paste_from_clipboard map ctrl+shift+s paste_from_selection # Reload config map ctrl+shift+f5 load_config_file
Key Action Ctrl + Shift + CCopy to clipboard Ctrl + Shift + VPaste from clipboard Ctrl + Shift + SPaste from selection
Key Action Ctrl + Shift + F5Reload configuration
Mouse Features # URL handling detect_urls yes url_color #61afef url_style curly open_url_with default # Mouse behavior mouse_hide_wait 2.0 focus_follows_mouse no # Click handling mouse_map left click ungrabbed mouse_handle_click selection link prompt mouse_map ctrl+left click ungrabbed mouse_handle_click link
URLs are automatically detected and styled with curly underlines. Click with Ctrl to open links in your default browser.
# Rendering repaint_delay 5 input_delay 1 sync_to_monitor yes # No swap/backup files swapfile no backup no writebackup no
Layout Support Multiple window layouts are enabled:
enabled_layouts splits,stack,tall,fat,grid,horizontal,vertical
Shell Integration Configured for Zsh with remote control:
shell zsh allow_remote_control yes listen_on unix:/tmp/kitty
The Unix socket at /tmp/kitty allows external scripts to control Kitty programmatically.
Selection and Copy copy_on_select clipboard strip_trailing_spaces smart click_interval 0.5 select_by_word_characters @-./_~?&=%+#
Text is automatically copied to clipboard when selected. Smart trailing space stripping prevents unwanted whitespace.
Advanced Features
Enables support for terminal hyperlinks (OSC 8).
enable_audio_bell no visual_bell_duration 0.0 window_alert_on_bell no
Audio and visual bells are disabled for a distraction-free experience.
box_drawing_scale 0.001, 1, 1.5, 2
Enhanced rendering for box drawing characters and borders. GPU Acceleration Kitty leverages your GPU for rendering, providing:
Smooth scrolling even with large buffers
Fast redraw times
Efficient resource usage
Support for high refresh rate displays
Ensure your GPU drivers are up to date for optimal performance. Kitty works best with modern OpenGL support.
