Alacritty

Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance.

Installation

Install instructions

Use Snap:

# Install Alacritty
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install alacritty --classic

Set Alacritty as default terminal:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator $(which alacritty) 50
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

For MacOS:

brew install --cask alacritty