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alacritty version history

10 releases tracked, newest first.

v0.17.0

Apr 6, 2026
- Fixed invalid logo SVG attributes and removed broken flash capability from terminfo - Added ability to bind mouse wheel events and TOML 1.1 syntax support - Improved IME handling and font rendering for block elements - Fixed crashes related to OpenGL, IMEs, and signal termination

3 downloads

v0.17.0-rc2

Pre-releaseApr 2, 2026

3 downloads

v0.17.0-rc1

Pre-releaseMar 21, 2026
### Packaging - Fixed invalid logo SVG attributes - New `alacritty-escapes(7)` manpage - Removed broken flash capability from terminfo ### Added - Ability to bind `WheelUp` and `WheelDown` in `mouse.bindings` - Support TOML 1.1 syntax - `window.resize_increments` support on Wayland ### Changed - Don't highlight hints on hover when the mouse cursor is hidden - IME is disabled in Vi mode on X11 - Require explicit tap to enable IME with touch input - Use built-in font for block elements symbols from `U+1FB82` to `U+1FB8B` ### Fixed - Brief error popup when saving the config file with some editors - Subprocesses on OpenBSD now run with their CWD set to that of the shell's foreground process. - Crash when OpenGL context resets - Crash when committing text with some IMEs on macOS - Signal termination skipping resource cleanup

3 downloads

v0.16.1

Oct 20, 2025
### Fixed - Crashes on GPUs with partial robustness support

3 downloads

v0.16.0

Oct 18, 2025
### Packaging - Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.85.0 ### Added - Vi motions `*`, `#`, `{`, and `}` - IPC config retrieval using `alacritty msg get-config` - Multi-sequence touch zoom sequences - Vi action `Y` keybind, yank to the end of line - Add `/etc/alacritty/alacritty.toml` fallback for system wide configuration - Unicode 17 support ### Changed - Hide login message if `~/.hushlogin` is present - Improve rendering of rounded corners with builtin box drawing ### Fixed - Crash when OpenGL context resets - Modifier keys clearing selection with kitty keyboard protocol enabled - `glyph_offset.y` not applied to strikeout - `Enter`,`Tab`, `Backspace` not disambiguated with `shift` in kitty keyboard's disambiguate mode - Hint bindings not respecting IPC overrides - Search matching a wrapping fullwidth character in the last column - Crash when `AppleFontSmoothing` option is not present on macOS - Origin mode (DECOM) not moving cursor to the origin point - Unresponsiveness when spamming the bell character with a bell command enabled - `window.startup_mode` applied to existing window when opening a new tab on macOS - Slowdowns over time on ma

3 downloads

v0.16.0-rc2

Pre-releaseSep 21, 2025
### Fixed - macOS crashing issues

3 downloads

v0.16.0-rc1

Pre-releaseAug 29, 2025
### Packaging - Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.85.0 ### Added - Vi motions `*`, `#`, `{`, and `}` - IPC config retrieval using `alacritty msg get-config` - Multi-sequence touch zoom sequences - Vi action `Y` keybind, yank to the end of line - Add `/etc/alacritty/alacritty.toml` fallback for system wide configuration ### Changed - Hide login message if `~/.hushlogin` is present - Improve rendering of rounded corners with builtin box drawing ### Fixed - Crash when OpenGL context resets - Modifier keys clearing selection with kitty keyboard protocol enabled - `glyph_offset.y` not applied to strikeout - `Enter`,`Tab`, `Backspace` not disambiguated with `shift` in kitty keyboard's disambiguate mode - Hint bindings not respecting IPC overrides - Search matching a wrapping fullwidth character in the last column - Crash when `AppleFontSmoothing` option is not present on macOS - Origin mode (DECOM) not moving cursor to the origin point - Unresponsiveness when spamming the bell character with a bell command enabled - `window.startup_mode` applied to existing window when opening a new tab on macOS

3 downloads

v0.15.1

Feb 16, 2025
### Changed - Error out when socket fails to create with `--daemon` - Default URL hints now stop before backslashes ### Fixed - Modifiers being out of sync for fast/synthetic input on X11 - Child process creation failing while inside a deleted directory - Shifted key reported without a shift when using kitty keyboard protocol

3 downloads

v0.15.1-rc1

Pre-releaseFeb 12, 2025
### Changed - Error out when socket fails to create with `--daemon` - Default URL hints now stop before backslashes ### Fixed - Modifiers being out of sync for fast/synthetic input on X11 - Child process creation failing while inside a deleted directory - Shifted key reported without a shift when using kitty keyboard protocol

3 downloads

v0.15.0

Jan 13, 2025
### Added - Config option `window.level = "AlwaysOnTop"` to force Alacritty to always be the toplevel window - Escape sequence to move cursor forward tabs ( CSI Ps I ) - Pass activation token in `alacritty msg create-window` on Wayland/X11 ### Changed - Always focus new windows on macOS - Don't switch to semantic/line selection when control is pressed - Always emit `1` for the first parameter when having modifiers in kitty keyboard protocol ### Fixed - Mouse/Vi cursor hint highlighting broken on the terminal cursor line - Hint launcher opening arbitrary text, when terminal content changed while opening - `SemanticRight`/`SemanticLeft` vi motions breaking with wide semantic escape characters - `alacritty migrate` crashing with recursive toml imports - Migrating nonexistent toml import breaking the entire migration - First daemon mode window ignoring window options passed through CLI - Report of Enter/Tab/Backspace in kitty keyboard's report event types mode - Crash when pressing certain modifier keys on macOS 15+ - Cut off wide characters in preedit string

3 downloads