kitty is a free and open-source GPU-accelerated[2][3] terminal emulator for Linux, macOS,[4] and some BSD distributions.

[5] Focused on performance and features, kitty is written in a mix of C and Python programming languages.

kitty shares its name with another program — KiTTY — a fork of PuTTY for Microsoft Windows.

[6] Kitty supports supplemental programs called kittens that add features to kitty.

[7] Other features include: This free and open-source software article is a stub.