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Foot

Foot is a fast, lightweight Wayland-native terminal emulator. It uses GPU rendering for smooth scrolling and supports modern terminal features.

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Foot terminal with default theme
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Foot terminal running fastfetch
Terminal usage demonstration

Terminal usage demonstration

Config lives at ~/.config/foot/foot.ini.

SettingValue
FontJetBrainsMono Nerd Font, size 24
Padding14px
CursorBlock, no blink
Hide mouse when typingYes
Color schemeMatches active theme (Tokyo-night default)
ShortcutAction
Ctrl + Shift + CCopy
Ctrl + Shift + VPaste
ShortcutAction
Super + ReturnOpen new terminal

Edit ~/.config/foot/foot.ini to change font, size, padding, or cursor style. The color scheme is managed by theme-set — changing your theme automatically updates Foot’s colors.

To change the font size:

[main]
font=JetBrainsMono Nerd Font:size=18