foot

Spawn a terminal

$ foot

$ foot -C

$ foot -s

$ foot -h

$ foot -v

foot [options] [command [args]]

foot is a fast, lightweight, and minimalistic terminal emulator designed for Wayland compositors. It emphasizes speed, low memory footprint, and simplicity while providing modern features.
Key features include sixel image support, synchronized rendering to prevent tearing, font ligatures, scrollback search, and URL detection. It can run in server mode where a single daemon handles multiple terminal windows via footclient, reducing memory overhead.
Configuration is done through ~/.config/foot/foot.ini with extensive customization options for colors, fonts, keybindings, and behavior.

-c, --config=FILE

Use configuration file FILE instead of the default

Verify configuration file and exit

Run as a server; use footclient to spawn terminals

Set TERM environment variable value

Set initial window title

Set Wayland app-id

Set initial window size in pixels

Set initial window size in characters

Override font from config

Display help message

Display version information

~/.config/foot/foot.ini

Main configuration file for colors, fonts, keybindings, scrollback, and terminal behavior.

Optional separate color scheme configuration that can be included from foot.ini.

foot is Wayland-only and does not support X11. Some applications expecting xterm-specific behavior may not work correctly. Server mode requires footclient for spawning additional terminals.

foot was created by Daniel Eklof and first released in 2020. It was designed from the ground up for Wayland, avoiding the legacy baggage of X11 terminal emulators while achieving exceptional performance.

footclient(1), alacritty(1), kitty(1), wezterm(1)