This repository contains kitty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Linux and macOS. It features a highly optimized C core for rendering, font shaping, and terminal emulation, with a Python configuration layer and a plugin system ("kittens") for features like file transfer, SSH integration, diff viewing, and hints. The codebase also includes a set of well-crafted Go libraries for CLI framework building, TUI event loops, fuzzy matching (Smith-Waterman variant), rsync delta patching, streaming base64, and color space conversions. These libraries are structurally independent and could be extracted into separate projects. The architecture is a monolith at the C/Python level with loosely coupled Go-based kittens that communicate via IPC. Build and packaging are handled by a custom system (bypy) and standard Python setup. The project is actively maintained with extensive CI, automated testing, and a responsive issue tracker.
This repository provides alternative macOS application icons for the Kitty terminal emulator. It contains two icon designs (dark and light) in PNG and ICNS formats, along with the source Affinity Designer file (kitty.afdesign). The only build step is a Makefile that uses npx png2icons to convert PNGs to ICNS. There is no application code, no architecture, and no reusable software components. The repo is essentially a design asset delivery mechanism, not a software project. It has minimal engineering value beyond the icon artwork itself.