Ptyxis

GNOME terminal built for containers, tabs, and fast GPU rendering.

Date Created:

December 14, 2023

Platform:

linux

Language:

c

Source Code Availability:

Open Source (GPL-3)

Development State:

active

Ptyxis is a GNOME terminal built around container workflows, with tabs and fast rendering.

It works with Toolbox, Distrobox, Podman, and JHBuild, and includes tab overview, profiles, color palettes, light and dark support, and terminal inspection tools.

It suits Linux and GNOME users who move between the host system and containers during daily terminal work.

Features

GPU Accelerated

Yes

Image Support

No

Sixel

No

Kitty Graphics

No

iTerm2 Images

No

True Color (24-bit)

Yes

Font Ligatures

No

Tabs

Yes

Split Panes

No

OSC 52 Clipboard

No

OSC 8 Hyperlinks

Yes

Unicode

Yes

Notifications

Yes

Kitty Keyboard

No

Synchronized Output

No

Styled Underlines

Yes

Shell Integration

No

Drop-down Mode

No

Built-in Multiplexer

No

Config Format

gsettings/dconf

How to install Ptyxis

Install Ptyxis from the official Ptyxis website, which links to its Flathub release.

To build it yourself, clone the source code, then run flatpak run org.gnome.Builder -p ptyxis/ as shown on the project site.

You can also use the project site to get a release download or a nightly build if you want a newer version.

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