Wezterm is a [[MIT License]] licensed terminal emulator written in [[Rust]]. - [Website](https://wezfurlong.org) - [Source](https://github.com/wez/wezterm) - [Documentation](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/files.html) > WezTerm is a powerful cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust # Notability Unlike many of the other GPU accelerated terminal emulators of the last few years (like [[Alacritty]] and [[Kitty Term]]) WezTerm does not suffer from the frozen redraw bug. It is very fast and smooth. Despite using [[Lua]] for configuration, it is very well structured and documented. Getting whatever kind of setup you want is quick and easy. It acts like a combination of a terminal [[Terminal Emulator|emulator]] and a [[Review - Multiplexers|multiplexer]], including text-mode tab UI (optional). # Philosophy ## Developer I have had good experiences reporting bugs to the author - which were fixed - and have submitted a couple of small patches which were merged into main. # Platform Support - [[Linux]] - [[FreeBSD]] - [[MacOS]] - [[Windows]] # Features - It is configurable using [[Lua]] rather than some fragile configuration language. - [Multiplex terminal panes, tabs and windows on local and remote hosts, with native mouse and scrollback](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/multiplexing.html) - Doesn't support detatch - Doesn't support the same kind of UI fanciness as [[tmux - Terminal Multiplexer]] or [[Zellij - Terminal Multiplexer]] - But is still quite nice and configurable! - [Ligatures](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#fira-code-monospaced-font-with-programming-ligatures), Color Emoji and font fallback, with true color and [dynamic color schemes](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/appearance.html#colors). - [Hyperlinks](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/hyperlinks.html) - [A full list of features can be found here](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/features.html) # Tips ## Transparent Tab Bar (particularly good for the retro tab bar) https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/2915#issuecomment-1379008372 ```lua local TRANSPARENT = wezterm.color.from_hsla(0,0,0,0) config = { colors = { tab_bar = { background = TRANSPARENT, -- changed new_tab = { fg_color = '#1b1032', bg_color = TRANSPARENT, -- changed } } } } ``` ## Background Gradients ```lua window_background_gradient = { colors = { '#101010', '#000000' }, orientation = { Radial = { cy = 0, } } }, ``` ## Confirm Before Close - https://wezterm.org/config/lua/config/skip_close_confirmation_for_processes_named.html