Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
alacritty [SUBCOMMANDS] [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
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.
-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
--class <general> | <general>,<instance>
Defines the window class hint on Linux [default: Alacritty,Alacritty]
When only the general class is passed, instance will be set to the same value.
On Wayland the general class sets the ’app_id’, while the instance 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>
X11 window ID to embed Alacritty within (decimal or hexadecimal with "0x" prefix)
-o, --option <option>...
Override configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]
--socket <socket>
Path for IPC socket creation
-T, --title <title>
Defines the window title [default: Alacritty]
--working-directory <working-directory>
Start the shell in the specified working directory
msg |
Available socket messages |
See the alacritty github repository at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.
Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.
• Christian Duerr <contact AT christianduerr DOT com>
• Joe Wilm <joe AT jwilm DOT com>