Alternatives to Alacritty
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Alacritty itself: install Alacritty.
kitty-nightly
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based
WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal
rustnet
Per-process network monitoring for your terminal with deep packet inspection. Cross-platform, sandboxed
Spacedrive
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust
cookiecutter
A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects
renovate
Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io
onnxruntime
ONNX Runtime: cross-platform, high performance ML inferencing and training accelerator
Universal Android Debloater
Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device
modsecurity
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. It has a robust event-based programming
Open Video Downloader
Open Video Downloader - A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Rust with Tauri and Vue + Typescript
OpenWhispr
Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform
wgcf
🚤 Cross-platform, unofficial CLI for Cloudflare Warp
LiteIDE
LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE
IPTVnator
:tv: Cross-platform IPTV player application with multiple features, such as support of m3u and m3u8 playlists, favorites, TV guide, TV archive/catchup
bombardier
Fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go
ncspot
Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes
Flying Carpet
Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two d
libmsquic
Cross-platform, C implementation of the IETF QUIC protocol, exposed to C, C++, C# and Rust
projectm
projectM - Cross-platform Music Visualization Library. Open-source and Milkdrop-compatible
lazysql
A cross-platform TUI database management tool written in Go
Impactor
Cross-platform & feature rich iOS/iPadOS/tvOS sideloading application. Formerly known as PlumeImpactor
ksnip
ksnip the cross-platform screenshot and annotation tool
Betaflight-Configurator
Cross platform configuration and management application for the Betaflight firmware
Node Version Switcher
Node Version Switcher - A cross-platform tool for switching between versions and forks of Node.js
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than Alacritty — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
Alacritty is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.