About
Rio is a hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator, described as a modern terminal built to run everywhere. The project focuses on running in desktops and browsers, and its topics list includes Metal, Vulkan, and wgpu alongside Rust.
Rio's website includes a demo on macOS showing split panes and a CRT effect, along with demos of a blurred background on Linux and Rio running on a Steam Deck. Full documentation, including configuration, is available at rioterm.com.
The project is open source under the MIT license, is written in Rust, and has a minimum supported Rust version of 1.96.1. It is hosted on GitHub with about 7.7k stars and 372 forks, and it accepts sponsorship to help cover maintenance costs.
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All release notesHomebrew cask rio 0.5.28 (sha256 285f94c2e1a26523bc4c2433dc0dd52b9c10219be45ffe53dd6d849ce1e07868).