what terminal emulator do you use and why?

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  1. cool-retro-term

    A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...

    cool-retro-term https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term because it looks cool and retro, like in the name.

  2. Nutrient

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  3. micro-editor

    A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

    found that micro has dedicated info page for copy paste

  4. Tabby

    A terminal for a more modern age

    tabby.sh - design, features

  5. roxterm

    A highly configurable terminal emulator

  6. terminator

    multiple GNOME terminals in one window

    Until recently, my answer would have been Terminator. Recently, however, the lack of support for OSC52 and the fact that the workarounds don't always work reliably has been bothering me more and more. Based on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2495, it is quite unlikely that VTE (and therefore Terminator) will ever support OSC52.

  7. alacritty

    A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

    For this reason, and because I think the Zellij project is interesting, I currently use a combination of Alacritty and Zellij, as I consider the risk of OSC52 in my use case to be relatively low.

  8. zellij

    A terminal workspace with batteries included

    For this reason, and because I think the Zellij project is interesting, I currently use a combination of Alacritty and Zellij, as I consider the risk of OSC52 in my use case to be relatively low.

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  10. maple-font

    Maple Mono: Open source monospace font with round corner, ligatures and Nerd-Font for IDE and command line, fine-grained customization options. 带连字和控制台图标的圆角等宽字体,中英文宽度完美2:1,细粒度的自定义选项

    Ligatures are divisive. But for people who like ligatures (such as myself), it's nice to have that option. I use Maple Mono, and I particularly like the todo and log level ligatures.

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