Ratty vs. Suckless Terminal (st)

Feature	Ratty	Suckless Terminal (st)

Tagline	A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics 🐀🧀	st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
Website	https://ratty-term.org	https://st.suckless.org/
Language	rust	c
Date Created	May 10, 2026	May 13, 2008
Platform	macos linux	linux bsd
File Size	~47.0 MB	~0.1 MB
Image / Terminal Graphics Protocol Support	Yes	No
Sixel Support	No	No
GPU Acceleration	Yes	No
True Color (24-bit)	Yes	Yes
Font Ligatures	Yes	No
Tabs	No	No
Split Panes	No	No
OSC 52 Clipboard	Yes	Yes
OSC 8 Hyperlinks	Yes	No
Unicode Support	Yes	Yes
Notifications	No	No
Kitty Graphics Protocol	Yes	No
iTerm2 Inline Images	Yes	No
3D Mode	Yes	No
Inline 3D Support	Yes	No
Ratty Graphics Protocol	Yes	No
Glyph Protocol	No	No
Kitty Keyboard Protocol	Yes	No
Synchronized Output	No	No
Styled Underlines	Yes	No
Shell Integration	No	No
Drop-down Mode	No	No
Built-in Multiplexer	No	No
Config Format	—	config.h
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/orhun/ratty	https://git.suckless.org/st/
Development State	active	active