Added

• Headless mode using alacritty --daemon

Changed

• Use Beam cursor for single char cursor inside the IME preview

Fixed

• Hollow block cursor not spanning multiple chars being edited inside the IME preview
• Vi inline search only working for direct key input without modifiers

Packaging

• Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.74.0

Added

• Support relative path imports from config files
• alacritty migrate support for TOML configuration changes
• Support for Unicode 16 characters

Changed

• Pressing Alt with unicode input will now add ESC like for ASCII input
• Decorations use opaque style and system window background on macOS
• No longer source ~/.zshenv on macOS
• Moved config options import, working_directory, live_config_reload, and ipc_socket
  to the new general section
• Moved config option shell to terminal.shell
• ctrl+shift+u binding to open links to ctrl+shift+o to avoid collisions with IMEs

Fixed

• Crash when trying to create a new tab without decorations enabled
• New window being treated as focused when it's not on Wayland
• IME preview blending into text below it
• Dynamic title disabled for new windows when initial one has title as CLI option
• While terminal in mouse mode, mouse bindings that used the shift modifier and
  had multiple actions only performed the first action
• Leaking FDs when closing windows on Unix systems
• Config emitting errors for nonexistent import paths
• Kitty keyboard protocol reporting shifted key codes
• Broken search with words broken across line boundary on the first character
• Config import changes not being live reloaded
• Cursor color requests with default cursor colors
• Fullwidth semantic escape characters
• Windows app icon now displays properly in old alt+tab on Windows
• Alacritty not being properly activated with startup notify
• Invalid URL highlights after terminal scrolling

Added

• Default Home/End bindings in Vi mode mapped to First/Last respectively

Fixed

• CLI env variables clearing configuration file variables
• Vi inline search/semantic selection expanding across newlines
• C0 and C1 codes being emitted in associated text when using kitty keyboard
• Occasional hang on startup with some Wayland compositors
• Missing key for NumpadDecimal in key bindings
• Scrolling content upwards moving lines into history when it shouldn't
• Sticky keys not working sometimes on X11
• Modifiers occasionally getting desynced on X11
• Autokey no longer working with alacritty on X11
• Freeze when moving window between monitors on Xfwm
• Mouse cursor not changing on Wayland when cursor theme uses legacy cursor icon names
• Config keys are available under proper names
• Build failure when compiling with x11 feature on NetBSD
• Hint Select action selecting the entire line for URL escapes
• Kitty encoding used for regular keys when they don't carry text

Changed

• No unused-key warnings will be emitted for OS-specific config keys
• Use built-in font for sextant symbols from U+1FB00 to U+1FB3B
• Kitty encoding is not used anymore for uncommon keys unless the protocol enabled

Added

• Default Home/End bindings in Vi mode mapped to First/Last respectively

Fixed

• CLI env variables clearing configuration file variables
• Vi inline search/semantic selection expanding across newlines
• C0 and C1 codes being emitted in associated text when using kitty keyboard
• Occasional hang on startup with some Wayland compositors
• Missing key for NumpadDecimal in key bindings
• Scrolling content upwards moving lines into history when it shouldn't
• Sticky keys not working sometimes on X11
• Modifiers occasionally getting desynced on X11
• Autokey no longer working with alacritty on X11
• Freeze when moving window between monitors on Xfwm
• Mouse cursor not changing on Wayland when cursor theme uses legacy cursor icon names
• Config keys are available under proper names
• Build failure when compiling with x11 feature on NetBSD
• Hint Select action selecting the entire line for URL escapes

Changed

• No unused-key warnings will be emitted for OS-specific config keys
• Use built-in font for sextant symbols from U+1FB00 to U+1FB3B
• Kitty encoding is not used anymore for uncommon keys unless the protocol enabled

Added

• Support for pasting in Vi + Search mode

Changed

• alacritty migrate will ignore null values in yaml instead of erroring out

Fixed

• alacritty migrate failing with nonexistent imports
• Alt bindings requiring composed key rather than pre-composed one on macOS
• Alt + Control bindings not working on Windows
• chars = "\u000A" action in bindings inserting \n
• Alternate keys not sent for Shift + <number> when using kitty protocol
• Alternative keys being swapped in kitty protocol implementation
• Powerline glyphs being cut for narrow fonts
• Xmodmap not working on X11
• Occasional slow startup on some X11 window managers
• Blurry window when using window.dimensions on some Wayland compositors
• IME input lagging behind on X11
• xdotool modifiers input not working correctly on X11
• Parsing numbers fails for mouse bindings
• Some config options overriding each other in CLI/IPC
• Numpad Left used for numpad Up

Added

• Support for pasting in Vi + Search mode

Changed

• alacritty migrate will ignore null values in yaml instead of erroring out

Fixed

• alacritty migrate failing with nonexistent imports
• Alt bindings requiring composed key rather than pre-composed one on macOS
• Alt + Control bindings not working on Windows
• chars = "\u000A" action in bindings inserting \n
• Alternate keys not sent for Shift + <number> when using kitty protocol
• Alternative keys being swapped in kitty protocol implementation
• Powerline glyphs being cut for narrow fonts
• Xmodmap not working on X11
• Occasional slow startup on some X11 window managers
• Blurry window when using window.dimensions on some Wayland compositors
• IME input lagging behind on X11
• xdotool modifiers input not working correctly on X11
• Parsing numbers fails for mouse bindings
• Some config options overriding each other in CLI/IPC
• Numpad Left used for numpad Up

Packaging

• Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.70.0
• Manpages are now generated using scdoc (see INSTALL.md)

Added

• Warnings for unused configuration file options
• Config option persist in hints config section
• Support for dynamically loading conpty.dll on Windows
• Support for keybindings with dead keys
• Back/Forward mouse buttons support in bindings
• Copy global IPC options (-w -1) for new windows
• Bindings to create and navigate tabs on macOS
• Support startup notify protocol to raise initial window on Wayland/X11
• Debug option prefer_egl to prioritize EGL over other display APIs
• Inline vi-mode search using f/F/t/T
• window.blur config option to request blur for transparent windows
• --option argument for alacritty msg create-window
• Support for DECRQM/DECRPM escape sequences
• Support for kitty's keyboard protocol

Changed

• Mode-specific bindings can now be bound in any mode for easier macros
• --help output is more compact now and uses more neutral palette
• Configuration file now uses TOML instead of YAML
  Run alacritty migrate to automatically convert all configuration files
• Deprecated config option draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors, use
  colors.draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors
• Deprecated config option key_bindings, use keyboard.bindings
• Deprecated config option mouse_bindings, use mouse.bindings
• The default colorscheme is now based on base16 classic dark
• IME popup now tries to not obscure the current cursor line
• The double click threshold was raised to 400ms
• OSC 52 paste ability is now disabled by default; use terminal.osc52 to adjust it
• Apply colors.transparent_background_colors for selections, hints, and search matches
• Underline full hint during keyboard selection
• Synchronized updates now use CSI 2026 instead of legacy DCS variant
• In mouse mode with Shift pressed, mouse bindings without Shift are only triggered
  if no exact binding (i.e. one with Shift) is found.
• Use built-in font for powerline symbols from U+E0B0 to U+E0B3
• Default bell.animation is now Linear
• IncreaseFontSize/DecreaseFontSize step is now 1px
• font.size precision was raised to 6 floating point digits
• Default font size to 11.25 matching 15px
• Xft.dpi is now reloaded when xsettingd change its value on X11

Fixed

• Unconditional query of xdg-portal settings on Wayland
• Maximized startup mode not filling the screen properly on GNOME Wayland
• OptionAsAlt with OnlyLeft/OnlyRight settings not working properly on macOS
• Default Vi key bindings for Last/First actions not working on X11/Wayland
• Cut off wide characters in preedit string
• Scrolling on touchscreens
• Double clicking on CSD titlebar not always maximizing a window on Wayland
• Excessive memory usage when using regexes with a large number of possible states
• window.decorations_theme_variant not live reloading
• Copy/Paste being truncated to 64KiB on Wayland
• X11 clipboard lagging behind sometimes
• High wakeup count on Wayland due to clipboard polling
• Blocking paste freezing alacritty on Wayland
• Command modifier persisting after Cmd + Tab on macOS
• Crash on exit when using NVIDIA binary drivers on Wayland
• window.startup_mode applied to window again when creating new tab
• Crash when leaving search after resize
• Cursor being hidden after reaching cursor blinking timeout
• Message bar content getting stuck after closing with multiple messages on Wayland
• Vi cursor position not redrawn on PageUp/PageDown without scrollback
• Cursor not updating when blinking and viewport is scrolled
• Failure to start with recent version of mesa's i915 driver
• Error when using chars inside the mouse bindings

Removed

• Config option background_opacity, use window.background_opacity
• Config option colors.search.bar, use colors.footer_bar instead
• Config option mouse.url, use the hints config section
• Config options mouse.double_click and mouse.triple_click

Fixed

• Ctrl + Shift + C not copying in Vi mode
• Alt + $ not working in nvim on macOS with option_as_alt
• Xft.dpi ignored on X11
• Keyboard input stopping when entering Vi mode on X11

Packaging

• Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.70.0
• Manpages are now generated using scdoc (see INSTALL.md)

Added

• Warnings for unused configuration file options
• Config option persist in hints config section
• Support for dynamically loading conpty.dll on Windows
• Support for keybindings with dead keys
• Back/Forward mouse buttons support in bindings
• Copy global IPC options (-w -1) for new windows
• Bindings to create and navigate tabs on macOS
• Support startup notify protocol to raise initial window on Wayland/X11
• Debug option prefer_egl to prioritize EGL over other display APIs
• Inline vi-mode search using f/F/t/T
• window.blur config option to request blur for transparent windows
• --option argument for alacritty msg create-window
• Support for DECRQM/DECRPM escape sequences
• Support for kitty's keyboard protocol

Changed

• Mode-specific bindings can now be bound in any mode for easier macros
• --help output is more compact now and uses more neutral palette
• Configuration file now uses TOML instead of YAML
  Run alacritty migrate to automatically convert all configuration files
• Deprecated config option draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors, use
  colors.draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors
• Deprecated config option key_bindings, use keyboard.bindings
• Deprecated config option mouse_bindings, use mouse.bindings
• The default colorscheme is now based on base16 classic dark
• IME popup now tries to not obscure the current cursor line
• The double click threshold was raised to 400ms
• OSC 52 paste ability is now disabled by default; use terminal.osc52 to adjust it
• Apply colors.transparent_background_colors for selections, hints, and search matches
• Underline full hint during keyboard selection
• Synchronized updates now use CSI 2026 instead of legacy DCS variant
• In mouse mode with Shift pressed, mouse bindings without Shift are only triggered
  if no exact binding (i.e. one with Shift) is found.
• Use built-in font for powerline symbols from U+E0B0 to U+E0B3
• Default bell.animation is now Linear
• IncreaseFontSize/DecreaseFontSize step is now 1px
• font.size precision was raised to 6 floating point digits
• Default font size to 11.25 matching 15px

Fixed

• Unconditional query of xdg-portal settings on Wayland
• Maximized startup mode not filling the screen properly on GNOME Wayland
• OptionAsAlt with OnlyLeft/OnlyRight settings not working properly on macOS
• Default Vi key bindings for Last/First actions not working on X11/Wayland
• Cut off wide characters in preedit string
• Scrolling on touchscreens
• Double clicking on CSD titlebar not always maximizing a window on Wayland
• Excessive memory usage when using regexes with a large number of possible states
• window.decorations_theme_variant not live reloading
• Copy/Paste being truncated to 64KiB on Wayland
• X11 clipboard lagging behind sometimes
• High wakeup count on Wayland due to clipboard polling
• Blocking paste freezing alacritty on Wayland
• Command modifier persisting after Cmd + Tab on macOS
• Crash on exit when using NVIDIA binary drivers on Wayland
• window.startup_mode applied to window again when creating new tab
• Crash when leaving search after resize
• Cursor being hidden after reaching cursor blinking timeout
• Message bar content getting stuck after closing with multiple messages on Wayland
• Vi cursor position not redrawn on PageUp/PageDown without scrollback
• Cursor not updating when blinking and viewport is scrolled
• Failure to start with recent version of mesa's i915 driver
• Error when using chars inside the mouse bindings

Removed

• Config option background_opacity, use window.background_opacity
• Config option colors.search.bar, use colors.footer_bar instead
• Config option mouse.url, use the hints config section
• Config options mouse.double_click and mouse.triple_click

Fixed

• Crash on macOS Sonoma due to change in macOS resize handling
• Crash when Wayland compositor advertises wl_compositor@v5 interface