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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.

Foot terminal with default theme
Foot terminal running fastfetch
Foot terminal with default theme

Foot terminal with default theme

Foot terminal running fastfetch

Foot terminal running fastfetch

Demo video coming soon.

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