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Add to SafariWhen comparing Wterm vs WezTerm, the Slant community recommends WezTerm for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux terminal emulators?” WezTerm is ranked 19th while Wterm is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose WezTerm is:
tmux-like functionality with native UI even on Windows systems allows managing multiple terminal sessions how you like.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Fast
Wterm is very fast despite using very little memory.
Pro Memory efficient
Each instance requires only about 6.3 MB of RAM, even with 10.000 lines of buffer.
Pro Supports multiple windows, tabs, splits/panes
tmux-like functionality with native UI even on Windows systems allows managing multiple terminal sessions how you like.
Pro Looks good
Highly customizable appearance and comes with over 240 built-in color schemes.
Pro Open Source and Free
Pro Supports font ligatures and stylistic sets
Ships with JetBrains Mono, a modern programmers font, so that you can enjoy modern typographical features such as contextual ligatures and font variations/stylistic sets in your terminal environment.
Pro GPU Accelerated
Cons
Con The official repository is inactive
The official repository for Wterm seems to be inactive, with open bug reports as far back as 2006.
Con Lua learning curve for config
The only reason it would be difficult to recommend is that it's for experienced programmers.
