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Alacritty vs WezTerm

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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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WezTerm

WezTerm Cross-platform GPU-accelerated terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust with Lua configuration.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Alacritty

Year Launched2017
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
Platforms

WezTerm

Year Launched2020
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Alacritty

Free

WezTerm

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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