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zt

⚡zt — the fastest terminal emulator. 88 MB/s throughput. 5.5ms startup. 2MB memory. Pure Zig.

Declared floor 0.17Systems & OSScore 51.2midasdf/zt ↗

Stars

forks 4

Last push

29 days ago

2026-10-07

Dependents

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Declared deps

build.zig.zon present

Zig version check

Zig version	Verdict	Basis
0.13	Needs Zig ≥ 0.17	This library needs Zig ≥ 0.17.0
0.14	Needs Zig ≥ 0.17	This library needs Zig ≥ 0.17.0
0.15	Needs Zig ≥ 0.17	This library needs Zig ≥ 0.17.0
0.16	Needs Zig ≥ 0.17	This library needs Zig ≥ 0.17.0
0.17 (current stable)	Declared floor 0.17	minimum_zig_version = 0.17.0 in build.zig.zon, at or below this version
0.18-dev / master	Declared floor 0.17	minimum_zig_version = 0.17.0 in build.zig.zon, at or below this version

Adding it as a dependency

zig fetch --save=zt https://github.com/midasdf/zt/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz

The command above packs a branch and is not pinned to a tag. In production, switch to refs/tags/<tag>.tar.gz and keep the hash that zig fetch --save writes for you.

Index record

Canonical key: midasdf/zt
License: MIT
Created: 2026-03-17
Open issues: 0
Package / version: zt / 0.11.0
Topics: bitmap-font、framebuffer、linux、terminal、terminal-emulator、x11、zig
Classification basis: topic:linux、desc:emulator、desc:terminal · confidence high

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