alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION FLAGS OPTIONS SUBCOMMANDS SEE ALSO BUGS MAINTAINERS

NAME

Alacritty − A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator

SYNOPSIS

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.

FLAGS

−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

OPTIONS

−−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