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Alacritty vs Extraterm

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Alacritty

Alacritty is an open-source, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator focused on simplicity and performance. It uses OpenGL for rendering, making it one of the fastest terminal emulators available. Alacritty is configured through a YAML file and intentionally omits features like tabs and splits, relying on terminal multiplexers like tmux for those capabilities.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source
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Extraterm

Extraterm Terminal emulator that adds frames around command output for selection, scrolling, and reuse of individual results.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Alacritty

Year Launched2017
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
Platforms

Extraterm

Year Launched2016
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
PlatformsWeb

Pricing

Alacritty

Free

Extraterm

Free

Open Source: Free/One-time

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