Attribute comparison

kitty vs Alacritty for Mac
AttributekittyAlacritty
Typeterminal emulatorSource: Grade B · checked terminal emulatorSource: Grade B · checked
PlatformmacOSSource: Grade B · checked macOSSource: Grade B · checked
PricingOpen sourceSource: Grade B · checked Open sourceSource: Grade B · checked
PriceNot statedNot stated
Open sourceYesSource: Grade D · checked YesSource: Grade D · checked
DeveloperKovid GoyalSource: Grade B · checked Not stated
LicenceGPL-3.0Source: Grade D · checked Apache-2.0Source: Grade D · checked
Current version0.49.2Source: Grade B · checked 0.17.0Source: Grade B · checked
Official websitesw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/Source: Grade B · checked alacritty.org/Source: Grade B · checked

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