Alacritty configuration

alacritty.toml
- general
- window
- scrolling
  - history
  - multiplier
- Font
  - normal
  - bold
  - italic
  - bold_italic
  - size
- bell
  - animation
  - duration
- cursor
  - style
  - vi mode style
- mouse
  - hide when typing
- selection
  - save to clipboard
- env
  - term
- hints
  - enabled
Themes
- nord

alacritty.toml

See all the syntax and available variables in their official site.

general

The general sections.

[general]

Include the theme files.

import = ["~/.config/alacritty/themes/nord.toml"]

This enables live configuration reloading

live_config_reload = true

window

[window]

dynamic padding

Spread additional padding evenly around the terminal content.

dynamic_padding = true

decoration

Window decorations.

Full: Borders and title bar.
None: Neither borders nor title bar.
Transparent (macOS only): Title bar, transparent background and title bar buttons.
Buttonless (macOS only): Title bar, transparent background and no title bar buttons.

decorations = "None"

padding

Blank space added around the window in pixels. This padding is scaled by DPI and the specified value is always added at both opposing sides.

Default: { x = 0, y = 0 }

padding = { x = 25, y = 25 }

blur

Request compositor to blur content behind transparent windows.

Default: false

blur = true

decorator theme variant

Override the variant of the System theme/GTK theme/Wayland client side decorations. Set this to "None" to use the system's default theme variant.

decorations_theme_variant = "Dark"

scrolling

[scrolling]

history

Maximum number of lines in the scrollback buffer. Specifying 0 will disable scrolling. Limited to 100000.

history = 100000

multiplier

Number of line scrolled for every input scroll increment.

multiplier = 2

Font

[font]

normal

normal = { family = "JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font Mono", style = "Regular" }

bold

bold = { family = "JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font Mono", style = "Bold" }

italic

italic = { family = "JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font Mono", style = "Italic" }

bold_italic

bold_italic = { family = "JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font Mono", style = "Semibold Italic" }

size

size = 8

bell

[bell]

animation

Visual bell animation effect for flashing the screen when the visual bell is rung.

animation = "EaseOutCirc"

duration

duration = 1

cursor

[cursor]

style

style = { shape = "Block", blinking = "Always" }

vi mode style

If the vi mode cursor style is "None" or not specified, it will fall back to the active value of the normal cursor.

vi_mode_style = { shape = "Block", blinking = "Off" }

mouse

[mouse]

hide when typing

hide_when_typing = true

selection

[selection]

save to clipboard

save_to_clipboard = true

env

[env]

term

TERM = "xterm-256color"

hints

enabled

[[hints.enabled]]

command
```
command = "xdg-open"
```
hyperlinks
```
hyperlinks = true
```
post processing
```
post_processing = true
```
persist
```
persist = false
```
mouse
```
mouse.enabled = true
```

binding

binding = { key = "U", mods = "Control|Shift" }

regex

regex = "(ipfs:|ipns:|magnet:|mailto:|gemini://|gopher://|https://|http://|news:|file:|git://|ssh:|ftp://)[^\u0000-\u001F\u007F-\u009F<>\"\\s{-}\\^⟨⟩`]+"

Themes

nord

# -*- eval: (rainbow-mode 1) -*-
# Colors (Nord)

# Default colors
[colors.primary]
background = '#2E3440'
foreground = '#D8DEE9'

# Normal colors
[colors.normal]
black   = '#3B4252'
red     = '#BF616A'
green   = '#A3BE8C'
yellow  = '#EBCB8B'
blue    = '#81A1C1'
magenta = '#B48EAD'
cyan    = '#88C0D0'
white   = '#E5E9F0'

# Bright colors
[colors.bright]
black   = '#4C566A'
red     = '#BF616A'
green   = '#A3BE8C'
yellow  = '#EBCB8B'
blue    = '#81A1C1'
magenta = '#B48EAD'
cyan    = '#8FBCBB'
white   = '#ECEFF4'