SilkTerm

SilkTerm smooth-scrolls lines on output, not only on the mouse wheel - as far as we know, the only contemporary terminal emulator that does. Cursor blink and movement are smoothly animated too. On a high-refresh monitor the difference is easy to see in person and hard to convey in a recording.

The background image and text scrim options are unique as well. A scrim backs the text so it stays readable over a similarly coloured background or heavy transparency, where an angled drop shadow tends to make it worse.

Everything else expected of a modern terminal is there: detachable multi-tabs, native split panes, transparency with blur, and the option to run with no menu or window decorations at all. Cross-platform, GPU accelerated where available, and a single binary written in Rust.

Highlights

• Smooth pixel-at-a-time scrolling on output, on the mouse wheel, and on cursor movement.
• An optional text scrim that keeps text readable over similarly coloured backgrounds and high background transparency.
• Background transparency with compositor blur, and a selectable background image with its own blur, dimming, contrast mask, and fit.
• Native split panes, splittable in either direction and freely dragged to new positions.
• Cursor size and animation options, including phased blinking and a smooth size pulse, at an adjustable rate.
• Robust Unicode and emoji support, with internal fallback rendering for glyphs the chosen font cannot display.