+
+
+
Alacritty for Windows
+
+
Alacritty for Mac
+
+
Alacritty for Linux
+
+Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but
+allows for extensive [configuration](#configuration). By integrating with other
+applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to
+provide a flexible set of [features](./docs/features.md) with high performance.
+The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.
+
+The software is considered to be at a **beta** level of readiness; there are
+a few missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as
+a daily driver.
+
+Precompiled binaries are available from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).
+
+## Features
+
+You can find an overview over the features available in Alacritty [here](./docs/features.md).
+
+## Further information
+
+- [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](https://jwilm.io/blog/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017
+- [A talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHOdYO3WUTk) January 19, 2017
+- [Alacritty Lands Scrollback, Publishes Benchmarks](https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/) September 17, 2018
+- [Version 0.3.0 Release Announcement](https://blog.christianduerr.com/alacritty_030_announcement) April 07, 2019
+- [Version 0.5.0 Release Announcement](https://blog.christianduerr.com/alacritty_0_5_0_announcement) July 31, 2020
+
+## Installation
+
+Alacritty can be installed by using various package managers on Linux, BSD,
+macOS and Windows.
+
+Prebuilt binaries for macOS and Windows can also be downloaded from the
+[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases).
+
+For everyone else, the detailed instructions to install Alacritty can be found
+[here](INSTALL.md).
+
+### Requirements
+
+- OpenGL 3.3 or higher
+- [Windows] ConPTY support (Windows 10 version 1809 or higher)
+
+## Configuration
+
+You can find the default configuration file with documentation for all available
+fields on the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases) for each release.
+
+Alacritty doesn't create the config file for you, but it looks for one in the
+following locations:
+
+1. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml`
+2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml`
+3. `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml`
+4. `$HOME/.alacritty.yml`
+
+### Windows
+
+On Windows, the config file should be located at:
+
+`%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml`
+
+## Contributing
+
+A guideline about contributing to Alacritty can be found in the
+[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+
+## FAQ
+
+**_Is it really the fastest terminal emulator?_**
+
+Benchmarking terminal emulators is complicated. Alacritty uses
+[vtebench](https://github.com/alacritty/vtebench) to quantify terminal emulator
+throughput and manages to consistently score better than the competition using
+it. If you have found an example where this is not the case, please report a
+bug.
+
+Other aspects like latency or framerate and frame consistency are more difficult
+to quantify. Some terminal emulators also intentionally slow down to save
+resources, which might be preferred by some users.
+
+If you have doubts about Alacritty's performance or usability, the best way to
+quantify terminal emulators is always to test them with **your** specific
+usecases.
+
+**_Why isn't feature X implemented?_**
+
+Alacritty has many great features, but not every feature from every other
+terminal. This could be for a number of reasons, but sometimes it's just not a
+good fit for Alacritty. This means you won't find things like tabs or splits
+(which are best left to a window manager or [terminal multiplexer][tmux]) nor
+niceties like a GUI config editor.
+
+## IRC
+
+Alacritty discussions can be found in `#alacritty` on Libera.Chat.
+
+## License
+
+Alacritty is released under the [Apache License, Version 2.0].
+
+[Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE
+[tmux]: https://github.com/tmux/tmux