Rootiest Kitty Configuration
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The rootiest kitty configuration you will ever see!
Installation
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Install kitty
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Install pre-requisites
- Required
- Nerd Fonts - Nerd Fonts glyphs are required.
- Optional
- Required
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Backup your current kitty configuration (if you have one)
mv ~/.config/kitty ~/.config/kitty.bak -
Clone the repository
git clone https://git.rootiest.dev/rootiest/kitty-conf.git ~/.config/kitty -
Enjoy! 🎉
Features
- Smart key bindings with NeoVim-aware passthrough
- Integration with NeoVim (kitty-scrollback.nvim for in-editor scrollback)
- Integration with fish shell
- Automatic scrollback history logging on every window/pane close
- Catppuccin Mocha theme with 85% background opacity and blur
- Cursor trail effect for enhanced visibility
- Highly-tuned Iosevka Rootiest v2 font with custom OpenType features
- Wayland-native display
- Single clean session with splits layout
- Session saving (F11) and config reload (F12)
- Integrates cleanly with other Rootiest projects
Configuration
Scrollback History
Terminal scrollback is automatically saved to ~/.terminal_history/ whenever a window or pane is closed (including Ctrl+D, closing a pane via keybind, or quitting kitty). The fish smart_exit function handles graceful shell exits; watcher.py catches all other close events.
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR |
~/.terminal_history |
Directory where scrollback logs are written |
SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES |
100 |
Maximum number of log files to retain |
Companion Tools
Rootiest Fish - Fish shell configuration that pairs well with this kitty configuration and the NeoVim configuration.
Rootiest Tmux - A tmux configuration that is designed to work with this kitty config.
Rootiest Neovim - A NeoVim config built to work alongside this and the fish config.
Rootiest Iosevka Font - A custom Iosevka font that is designed by developers, for developers.
Nerd Fonts - A collection of fonts that include many icons and glyphs that are used in this configuration.