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Alacritty vs Starship

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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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Starship

Starship Minimal and fast cross-shell prompt written in Rust with customizable modules for git status, language versions, and more.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Alacritty

Year Launched2017
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
Platforms

Starship

Year Launched2019
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Alacritty

Free

Starship

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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