Kitty
Kitty is a free, open-source developer tool for macOS and Linux. If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you. It has 35,451 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at kovidgoyal/kitty.
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About Kitty
= kitty - the fast, feature-rich, cross-platform, GPU based terminal If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you!
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Is Kitty free and open source?
Yes. Kitty's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Kitty?
Download the installer for macOS and Linux from its GitHub Releases page (latest: v0.49.2) or the project website.
Is Kitty still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.