kitten(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is the kitten manual 💖 and the name-line tea is literally: kitten - Fast, statically compiled implementations of various kittens (command line tools for use with kitty). ✨

🎀 USAGE 🎀

the whole call shape is this, no cap:

kitten command [command options] [command args]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so kitten is the launcher bestie for running individual kittens. each kitten can be run as kitten command, and the list of available kittens is literally right below. 🦋

🦋 COMMANDS 🦋

here's the full squad — every kitten, every See: ref, no skips. 💅

• @ — Control kitty remotely. See: kitten-@(1)
• ask — Ask the user for input. See: kitten-ask(1)
• broadcast — Broadcast typed text to kitty windows. See: kitten-broadcast(1)
• choose-files — Choose files, fast. See: kitten-choose-files(1)
• choose-fonts — Choose the fonts used in kitty. See: kitten-choose-fonts(1)
• clipboard — Copy/paste with the system clipboard, even over SSH. See: kitten-clipboard(1)
• command-palette — Browse and trigger keyboard shortcuts and actions. See: kitten-command-palette(1)
• desktop-ui — Implement various desktop components for use with lightweight compositors/window managers on Linux. See: kitten-desktop-ui(1)
• diff — Pretty, side-by-side diffing of files and images. See: kitten-diff(1)
• dnd — Perform drag and drop operations, even over SSH. See: kitten-dnd(1)
• edit-in-kitty — Edit a file in a kitty overlay window. See: kitten-edit-in-kitty(1)
• hints — Select text from screen with keyboard. See: kitten-hints(1)
• hyperlinked-grep — Add hyperlinks to the output of ripgrep. See: kitten-hyperlinked-grep(1)
• icat — Display images in the terminal. See: kitten-icat(1)
• mouse-demo — Demo the mouse handling kitty implements for terminal programs. See: kitten-mouse-demo(1)
• notify — Send notifications to the user. See: kitten-notify(1)
• panel — Use a command line program to draw a GPU accelerated panel on your desktop. See: kitten-panel(1)
• query-terminal — Query the terminal for various capabilities. See: kitten-query-terminal(1)
• quick-access-terminal — A quick access terminal window that you can bring up instantly with a keypress or a command.. See: kitten-quick-access-terminal(1)
• remote-file — Handle remote files. See: kitten-remote-file(1)
• resize-window — Resize the current window interactively. See: kitten-resize-window(1)
• run-shell — Run the user's shell with shell integration enabled. See: kitten-run-shell(1)
• show-key — Show the codes generated by the terminal for key presses in various keyboard modes. See: kitten-show-key(1)
• ssh — Truly convenient SSH. See: kitten-ssh(1)
• themes — Manage kitty color schemes easily. See: kitten-themes(1)
• transfer — Transfer files easily over the TTY device. See: kitten-transfer(1)
• unicode-input — Browse and select unicode characters by name. See: kitten-unicode-input(1)
• update-self — Update this kitten binary. See: kitten-update-self(1)

need the tea on just one command? Get help for an individual command by running:

kitten command -h

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --version [=no] — The current kitten version. ⭐
• --help, -h [=no] — Show help for this command 🫶

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mwah 💋 that's the whole kitten(1) page, bestie. source/version is 0.49.2, dated Oct 01, 2026 — now go be the main character of your terminal. 👑✨