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Alacritty is focused on simplicity and performance. The performance goal means Alacritty is focused on simplicity and performance. The performance goal means
it should be faster than any other terminal emulator available. The simplicity it should be faster than any other terminal emulator available. The simplicity
goal means that it doesn't have many features like tabs or scroll back as in goal means that it doesn't have features such as tabs or splits (which can be
other terminals. Instead, it is expected that users of Alacritty make use of a better provided by a window manager or [terminal multiplexer][tmux]) nor
terminal multiplexer such as [`tmux`](https://github.com/tmux/tmux). niceties like a GUI config editor.
This initial release should be considered to be **pre-alpha** software--it will The software is considered to be at an **alpha** level of readiness--there are
have issues. Once Alacritty reaches an alpha level of readiness, precompiled missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as a daily
binaries will be provided for supported operating systems. driver.
Precompiled binaries will eventually be made available on supported platforms.
This is minimally blocked on a stable config format. For now, Alacritty must be
built from source.
## Further information ## Further information
- [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](http://blog.jwilm.io/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017 - [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](http://blog.jwilm.io/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017
- [A short talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://air.mozilla.org/rust-meetup-january-2017/) (starts at 57:00) - [A short talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://air.mozilla.org/rust-meetup-january-2017/) (starts at 57:00)
## Package Installation ## Installation
Instructions are provided for macOS and many Linux variants to compile Alacritty
from source. With the exception of Arch (which has a package in the AUR), please
first read the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) section, then find the section
for your OS, and finally go to [building](#building) and
[configuration](#configuration).
The only supported installation method at this time is from source. Proper
installers will be added prior to the 1.0 release of Alacritty.
### Arch Linux ### Arch Linux
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Contributors would be welcomed :). Contributors would be welcomed :).
- _My arrow keys don't work_. It sounds like you deleted some key bindings from - _My arrow keys don't work_. It sounds like you deleted some key bindings from
your config file. Please reference the default config file to restore them. your config file. Please reference the default config file to restore them.
- _Why doesn't it support scrollback?_ Alacritty's original purpose was to
provide a better experience when using [tmux] which already handled
scrollback. The scope of this project has since expanded, and [scrollback will
eventually be added](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/124).
## IRC ## IRC
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Alacritty is released under the [Apache License, Version 2.0]. Alacritty is released under the [Apache License, Version 2.0].
[Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/blob/readme/LICENSE-APACHE [Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/blob/readme/LICENSE-APACHE
[tmux]: https://github.com/tmux/tmux