Wezterm vs. xterm

FeatureWeztermxterm
Wezterm logoxterm logo
TaglineA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer.A terminal emulator for the X Window System.
Websitehttps://wezterm.orghttps://invisible-island.net/xterm/
Language
rust
c
Date CreatedJanuary 1, 2018January 1, 1984
Platform
macos
windows
linux
bsd
macos
linux
bsd
File Size~98.0 MB~1.0 MB
Image / Terminal Graphics Protocol Support
Yes
Yes
Sixel Support
Yes
Yes
GPU
Acceleration
Yes
No
True Color (24-bit)
Yes
Yes
Font Ligatures
Yes
No
Tabs
Yes
No
Split Panes
Yes
No
OSC 52 Clipboard
Yes
Yes
OSC 8 Hyperlinks
Yes
No
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Notifications
Yes
No
Kitty Graphics Protocol
Yes
No
iTerm2 Inline Images
Yes
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
Yes
No
Drop-down Mode
No
No
Built-in Multiplexer
Yes
No
Config Formatluaxresources
Source Code AvailabilityOpen Source (MIT)Open Source (MIT)
Source Codehttps://github.com/wez/weztermhttps://invisible-mirror.net/archives/xterm/
Development State
active
active

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