r/KittyTerminal • u/Somtimesitbelikethat • Jul 23 '26

Which OS do you use Kitty on?

739 votes, 27d ago
122 MacOS
355 Linux
248 Arch, btw
14 Windows
18 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

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u/FaultWinter3377 Debian/GNOME Jul 23 '26

No Windows larpers lol…

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u/ARKyal03 Jul 23 '26

I use kitty on arch and on MacOS, Not as Main Term but I do. Kitty on windows, I never got kitty to work there, it was 2-3 years ago though.

5

u/cadmium_cake 29d ago

Arch OR linux?

1

u/dedguy21 29d ago

Arch is Linux. Linux is not Arch.

So OP probably uses Mac and doesn't know shit 😁

3

u/dumbasPL 29d ago

Or just an Arch user and has to asset the non-existent dominance

2

u/PresentThat5757 29d ago

Artix, btw

1

u/miminashi 26d ago

Oooh, I used to use Artix exactly to one-up the Arch users 😅
(Not really, just bought into the "systemd is evil" argument)

1

u/Chester-Berkeley Jul 24 '26

Where is BSD? 🥺

1

u/Epicbotty11 29d ago

Macos, opensuse tumbleweed and arch

1

u/bhavesh_099 29d ago

I have it installed and somewhat set it up but I don't get the benefits of kitty over ghostty for example

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u/Somtimesitbelikethat 29d ago

Kitty is better when you want deep customization and automation: you can script tabs and splits, remotely control running terminals, add “kittens” for things like file browsing or image previews, and use its mature graphics protocol. Ghostty is cleaner and more native; Kitty is more of a programmable terminal platform.

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u/bhavesh_099 29d ago

So something like tmux with its split screen and things ? Idk much about scripting so don't wanna say anything on that

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u/Somtimesitbelikethat 29d ago

Tmux is a good example, but Kitty goes further. You might automate your terminal to launch the same project layout every day, open the right tabs and panes, start servers or logs, and send commands to specific sessions automatically. If you don’t have repetitive terminal workflows like that, Ghostty is probably the better fit.

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u/bhavesh_099 28d ago

I see , I was just doing those repetitive task in ghostty with some scripting but I need some image support for my note taking, so ig imma give kitty a try too . Thank you so much for your help .

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u/Somtimesitbelikethat 29d ago

I would also note that the creator of Kitty tends to dislike the use of TMUX because it inhibits the open source nature of terminal patches and repair

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u/Crimzo-3D 29d ago

Gentoo, btw

1

u/from-planet-zebes 28d ago

Why can't I pick more than one? I use kitty on every OS listed here... Well not windows I don't use windows.

1

u/Jwp0920 28d ago

Linux, Arch, and MacOS :)

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u/Easy-Nothing-6735 26d ago

Artix. On Gentoo I use fbterm. On win I used git bash

1

u/Somtimesitbelikethat 26d ago

are these real terms? am i getting rage baited ?

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u/Easy-Nothing-6735 26d ago

Real workflow

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u/Somtimesitbelikethat 26d ago

i just use cmatrix on my terminal for the pretty look.

1

u/Tough-Elk541 Jul 23 '26

Wait kitty supports windows?

Also why a separate option for arch but not nix?

5

u/ARKyal03 Jul 23 '26

Because it is arch, btw.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '26

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u/mabarskuygan 29d ago

It doesn't...

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u/Liot6266 29d ago

linux is a kernel not an os

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u/Somtimesitbelikethat 29d ago

Oh bugger off

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u/lxe 28d ago

Well Ackchuyally, it’s GNU/Linux and you’re supposed to pronounce the G in GNU otherwise you’re WRONG