alacritty

Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.

TLDR

Open a new Alacritty window

$ alacritty

Run in a specific directory

$ alacritty --working-directory [path/to/directory]

Run a command in a new Alacritty window

$ alacritty -e [command]

Specify alternative configuration file (defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml)

$ alacritty --config-file [path/to/config.yml]

Run with live config reload enabled (can also be enabled by default in alacritty.yml)

$ alacritty --live-config-reload --config-file [path/to/config.yml]

Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance.

FLAGS

-h, --help: Prints help information
--hold: Remain open after child process exits
--print-events: Print all events to stdout
-q: Reduces the level of verbosity (the min level is -qq)
--ref-test: Generates ref test
-v: Increases the level of verbosity (the max level is -vvv)
-V, --version: Prints version information

OPTIONS

--class <instance> | <instance>,<general>: Defines the window class hint on Linux [default: Alacritty,Alacritty]

On Wayland the instance class sets the `app_id`, while the general class is ignored.

-e, --command <command>...: Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
--config-file <config-file>: Specify alternative configuration file

Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following paths: 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml 2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml 3. $HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml 4. $HOME/.alacritty.yml

On Windows, the configuration file is located at %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml.

--embed <parent>: Defines the X11 window ID (as a decimal integer) to embed Alacritty within
-o, --option <option>...: Override configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]
-t, --title <title>: Defines the window title [default: Alacritty]
--working-directory <working-directory>: Start the shell in the specified working directory

BUGS

Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.

MAINTAINERS

·

Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>

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Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com>