WezTerm
GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust
In our rankings
Scores on the gpu-accelerated terminal emulators criteria
Evaluated Nov 5, 2026- Published performance evidence ×3 2
2/5 means: General claims only, such as "fast" or "GPU-accelerated".
Calls itself GPU-accelerated; the pages we captured give no benchmark results or speed techniques.
1 quote - Tabs, splits and sessions ×3 5
5/5 means: Windows, tabs and splits plus a built-in multiplexer that keeps sessions on local or remote hosts.
A built-in multiplexer manages panes, tabs and windows on local and remote hosts, similar to tmux; remote sessions need WezTerm installed on the remote machine.
3 quotes - Operating systems ×2 5
5/5 means: Linux, macOS, Windows and at least one BSD.
Linux, macOS, Windows 10, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
1 quote - Images, ligatures and links ×2 4
4/5 means: Three of the four.
Ligatures, inline images through the iTerm2 protocol (Sixel is experimental) and hyperlinks; automatic light/dark theme switching is not listed on the pages we captured.
4 quotes
Evidence (13 quotes)
- 1
“A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust”
github.com/wezterm/wezterm · checked - 2
“Multiplex terminal panes, tabs and windows on local and remote hosts, with native mouse and scrollback”
wezterm.org · checked - 3
“With a little extra configuration you can enable local terminal multiplexing with features similar to those in tmux or screen .”
wezterm.org/multiplexing.html · checked - 4
“A compatible version of wezterm must be installed on the remote system in order to use SSH domains .”
wezterm.org/multiplexing.html · checked - 5
“Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 10, FreeBSD and NetBSD”
wezterm.org · checked - 6
“Ligatures , Color Emoji and font fallback, with true color and dynamic color schemes .”
wezterm.org · checked - 7
“iTerm2 compatible image protocol support, and built-in imgcat command”
wezterm.org/features.html · checked - 8
“Sixel graphics support (experimental: starting in 20200620-160318-e00b076c )”
wezterm.org/features.html · checked - 9
“Hyperlinks”
wezterm.org · checked - 10
“This is a spare time project, so please bear with me.”
github.com/wezterm/wezterm · checked - 11
“If you use and like WezTerm, please consider sponsoring it: your support helps to cover the fees required to maintain the project and to validate the time spent working on it!”
github.com/wezterm/wezterm · checked - 12
“Once connected to a domain, wezterm can attach its windows and tabs to the local native UI, providing a more natural experience for interacting with the mouse, clipboard and scrollback features of the terminal.”
wezterm.org/multiplexing.html · checked - 13
“tag_name: 20240203-110809-5046fc22, published_at: 2024-02-03T18:32:26Z”