Termy

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Termy is a fast, native terminal for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It combines GPU-accelerated rendering with the terminal workflows you use every day—tabs, splits, search, tasks, layouts, themes, and optional tmux sessions—without turning the interface into a control panel.

• Damage-scoped GPU rendering with dirty-span cell caching
• Tabs, splits, search, tasks, and reusable layouts
• Configurable keybindings, colors, themes, and terminal behavior
• Optional tmux control-mode sessions
• Native platform integration with a reusable headless runtime and FFI

#Install

Download the latest build from termy.sh/download or browse every artifact on GitHub Releases.

[!IMPORTANT] macOS builds are not signed yet. After moving Termy to /Applications, run:

sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Termy.app

See macOS troubleshooting if Gatekeeper still prevents Termy from opening.

#Build from source

Termy is a Rust workspace. Build and launch the desktop app with:

cargo run --release -p termy

See the installation guide for platform-specific steps.

#What you can shape

Termy keeps its behavior in plain configuration rather than burying it in hidden application state.

Start with Customize Termy or use the complete configuration reference.

#Architecture

Termy is more than a window around a PTY. Its terminal emulation is powered by Alacritty's terminal engine, wrapped in Termy's reusable runtime. The repository also contains a GPUI desktop application, CLI, native FFI, website, and release tooling.

desktop / embedding hosts
        │
        ├── terminal UI and platform integration
        │
        ├── reusable command, search, theme, and release crates
        │
        └── terminal runtime, PTY, parser, and rendering snapshots

Read Project Layout for ownership boundaries and Release Packaging for artifact flow.

#Sponsors

Termy is supported by companies and people who care about fast, native developer tools.

#Roadmap and contributing

• Engineering quality roadmap
• Contributor setup and validation

Contributions are welcome. Keep changes scoped, run the nearest validation command, and preserve the boundaries documented in the architecture guide.

_{MIT licensed · Built in Rust · termy.sh}