Alacritty vs. Cool Retro Term

FeatureAlacrittyCool Retro Term
Alacritty logoCool Retro Term logo
TaglineA fast, cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.
Websitehttps://alacritty.orghttps://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
Language
rust
qml
Date CreatedJanuary 6, 2017November 22, 2013
Platform
macos
windows
linux
bsd
macos
linux
Image / Terminal Graphics Protocol Support
No
No
Sixel Support
No
No
GPU
Acceleration
Yes
Yes
True Color (24-bit)
Yes
No
Font Ligatures
No
No
Tabs
No
Yes
Split Panes
No
No
OSC 52 Clipboard
Yes
No
OSC 8 Hyperlinks
Yes
No
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Notifications
No
No
Kitty Graphics Protocol
No
No
iTerm2 Inline Images
No
No
3D Mode
No
No
Inline 3D Support
No
No
Ratty Graphics Protocol
No
No
Glyph Protocol
No
No
Kitty Keyboard Protocol
Yes
No
Synchronized Output
Yes
No
Styled Underlines
Yes
No
Shell Integration
No
No
Drop-down Mode
No
No
Built-in Multiplexer
No
No
Config Formattomlgui
Source Code AvailabilityOpen Source (apache-2, mit)Open Source (GPL-3)
Source Codehttps://github.com/alacritty/alacrittyhttps://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
Development State
active
active

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