Alacritty
A modern terminal emulator with sensible defaults, configurable with a simple alacritty.toml file.
Installation
Download & install Alacritty using one of the methods below. More info in the Alacritty Github repository.
- Download from the homepage and install manually
- Download from the Alacritty Github releases page and install manually.
- Download & install with a package manager
- Windows:
winget install --id="Alacritty.Alacritty" - Linux:
{apt,dnf,...} install alacritty
Configuration
Alacritty looks for a configuration file in the following locations, depending on OS; this file does not exist by default, you must create one if you want to configure Alacritty's defaults':
- Windows:
${env:APPDATA}\alacritty\alacritty.toml - Linux/Mac:
~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.tomlOR~/alacritty.toml
The Alacritty site has a page dedicated to the available configuration options. Below are my personal configurations for Windows and Linux.
- 🔗 Linux configuration
- 🔗 Windows configuration
Links
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Homepage | Project home |
| Github | Project source |
| Configuration Reference | manpage-like documentation for the alacritty.toml config file |