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Terminal Comparisons

While you should be able to use iamb in any terminal with reasonable UTF-8 support, if you want to be able to see images in room history or use keypresses like <S-Enter>, you might find this table useful:

TerminalOperating SystemsImagesExtended Keypresses
alacrittyFreeBSD, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, WindowsNY1
ConEmuWindowsN2Y3
footFreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSDY4Y1
gnome-terminalFreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSDNN5
iTerm2macOSY6N
kittyFreeBSD, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSDY7Y1
konsoleFreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSDY4N8
mltermFreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSDY4N
rioFreeBSD, Linux, macOS, WindowsY6Y1
weztermFreeBSD, Linux, macOS, WindowsY6Y1
Windows TerminalWindowsY4Y3

  1. Uses Kitty enhanced keyboard protocol ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. See ConEmu tracking issue

  3. Uses Windows APIs ↩2

  4. Uses sixel image protocol ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  5. See vte tracking issue

  6. Uses iTerm2 inlines images protocol ↩2 ↩3

  7. Uses the new Kitty image protocol

  8. See konsole tracking issue