What is Evilvte?
evilvte is an open-source virtual terminal emulator for Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. It is designed to be lightweight, fast, and customizable.
Some key features of evilvte include:
- Written in C and uses GTK+ for the graphical interface
- Supports common terminal emulation standards like VT520/VT100
- Permits customizing colors, fonts, background image, transparency, etc.
- Keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures for copy/paste, opening URLs, etc.
- Extensible through Lua scripting for creating plugins and bindings
- Low memory and CPU footprint for good performance
evilvte offers extensive theming capabilities to customize the look and feel. It aims to balance functionality and lightweight design. The goal is to provide a fast terminal emulator for those who want more customization than traditional options like GNOME Terminal.
It can serve as a customizable and extensible terminal emulator for developers, system administrators, and power users. The Lua scripting can integrate evilvte into workflows or applications that require an embedded terminal.
iTerm2, Termux, Terminator, PuTTY, Windows Terminal, Cygwin, Tabby Terminal, GNOME Terminal, Konsole, Alacritty, Kitty terminal are some alternatives to Evilvte.