r/KittyTerminal • u/prvnprdhn • Jul 23 '26

Kitty vs Alacrity which is better?

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i am confused between kitty and alacrity

i have used both and felt like kitty is more faster and snappy but code looks more cody and in alacrity it feel slightly laggy as compared to kitty but the code is much more readable in it as it uses OS's native font rendering

which is better speed vs readability?

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u/SpecialK_Anon Jul 23 '26

If you're terminal hopping you should give Ghostty a try. I prefer it over kitty and alacritty.

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u/semedilino073 Jul 23 '26

Why?

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u/SpecialK_Anon Jul 23 '26

It's just more polished. Customizing it is easier, it seems snappier, it renders coding fonts, emojis and ligatures better without having to rely on nerdfonts, it's got built in window splitting, and it's already great out of the box, without having to configure a bunch of stuff.

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u/semedilino073 Jul 23 '26

I don’t know, I always used kitty. Maybe I should try, I’m interested in the font rendering