{"id":42273,"date":"2022-02-25T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=42273"},"modified":"2022-04-01T23:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T23:07:47","slug":"best-gpu-accelerated-terminal-emulators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/best-gpu-accelerated-terminal-emulators\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Best GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulators for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Displaying terminal output nowadays is more complex than 20 years ago. Today we want to be able to render high-DPI text on a 4K display, possibly on multiple monitors in multiple terminals simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The terminal emulators are one of the most controversial applications in Linux<\/a>. Unfortunately, they are as old as computer and vastly hasn\u2019t changed. Fortunately, many open-source projects are considering what the next-generation terminal looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to understand that terminals don’t just render what you see, but everything that programs output, which can be enormous amounts of text, grinding non-accelerated terminals to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are the Advantages of GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulators?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GPU-Accelerated terminal emulators offload rendering to the GPU for lower system load and buttery smooth scrolling.<\/strong> As a result, they are faster at outputting and refreshing vast amounts of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the GPU rendering part merely guarantees that your terminal sticks at 60FPS (or whatever your refresh rate is) if the processing behind is efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to standard terminal emulators, you might not notice the difference until you accidentally unleash a lot of output at once – then, you’ll see the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some terminals will start to update infrequently to save themselves, and some hang completely while burning the CPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s see which ones we think are the three best GPU-accelerated terminal emulators for Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Alacritty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alacritty<\/strong> is a cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator using OpenGL. It\u2019s free and open-source software that strongly focuses on performance and simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The performance goal means it should be faster than any other terminal emulators available. The simplicity goal means it does not have features such as tabs or window splits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written in Rust<\/a>, Alacritty is probably the fastest terminal emulator out there. Thanks to the OpenGL renderer and the high throughput parser, Alacritty is a high-speed and highly lightweight Terminal emulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some features that other terminal applications utilize that interest to some users are notably missing from Alacritty, such as tiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros<\/h3>\n\n\n\n