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Rio Terminal, a modern terminal for the 21st century.

Rio Terminal is a modern terminal for the 21st century.

Here's a summary of its main functionalities:

  • Performance: Rio boasts fast performance, leveraging technologies like Rust and advanced rendering architectures. It is described as delivering "S+ performance".

  • True Color Support: Unlike regular terminals limited to 256 colors, Rio supports 24-bit true color, allowing it to display up to 16 million colors.

  • Images in Terminal: Rio can display images within the terminal using Sixel and iTerm2 image protocol.

  • Cross-Platform Compatibility: Rio is a cross-platform application that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD.

  • Font Ligatures: It supports font ligatures, which can improve the readability of common expressions or operators.

  • Splits: Rio provides support to split and manage terminal screens on any platform.

  • RetroArch Shaders: Users can configure custom filters and CRT shaders through RetroArch shader files.

  • Positive User Feedback: Many engineers and users have expressed their satisfaction with Rio, highlighting its speed, ease of configuration, aesthetics, and features. It has been described as "super fast," "easy to configure," having "great aesthetics out of the box," "smooth and fast," and a "go-to solution". One user mentioned it fulfills all their needs while working heavily with git/docker/spring/npm. Another user who beta-tested it mentioned learning a lot about developing a terminal emulator through the experience.

In essence, Rio Terminal focuses on being a fast and feature-rich terminal emulator with modern capabilities like true color support and image display, while also being cross-platform and customizable with features like splits and shaders. It has garnered positive feedback for its performance and user experience.