Rio
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Rio is ranked #22 of 40 in terminal emulators on Inferse. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.
Compared on terminal emulators
- Free plan
- Yesrioterm.com
- Supported platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linuxrioterm.com
- Split panes
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- GPU acceleration
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- Scripting API
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Facts
- Free plan
- Yesrioterm.com · 20 Sept 2026
- Supported platforms
- macOS,Windows,Linuxrioterm.com · 20 Sept 2026
- Split panes
- Yesrioterm.com · 20 Sept 2026
- GPU acceleration
- Yesrioterm.com · 20 Sept 2026
- Scripting API
- Yesrioterm.com · 20 Sept 2026
- Product
- Rio describes itself as an open source terminal for the 21st century.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Rio is a hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator designed to run on desktops and in browsers.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Desktop availability
- Rio is available for Windows, Linux distributions, FreeBSD, and macOS.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Windows requirement
- Rio for Windows requires Windows 10 or later and offers x86_64 and aarch64 installers and portable executables.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- GPU support
- Rio's Sugarloaf renderer has native Metal and Vulkan backends, while WebGPU requires building with the wgpu Cargo feature.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Shell integration
- Rio can inject shell integration for zsh, fish, and PowerShell to report the working directory, and the feature can be disabled in configuration.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Terminal images
- Rio supports the Kitty graphics protocol, including PNG and RGB/RGBA images, compressed and chunked transfers, and layered placements.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Split panels
- Split panels are supported and enabled by default.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Vi mode
- Rio provides Vi mode for terminal navigation and selection, toggled by default with Alt+Shift+Space.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Adaptive themes
- Rio can switch between light and dark themes based on system appearance on Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The project asks users to report security issues privately through the repository's Security tab or by email, rather than in a public issue.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Version support
- Rio is pre-1.0; security fixes target the latest release and are not backported to earlier versions.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Build status
- Rio offers stable builds and nightly builds, with nightly builds created daily.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Linux packaging
- The project lists packages for Arch, Alpine, Nix, openSUSE, Flathub, and Void, plus .deb and .rpm packages on GitHub releases.rioterm.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Where it ranks on Inferse
- Best Terminal Emulators in 2026#22 of 40
Sources
- rioterm.com· checked 20 Sept 2026
- github.com/raphamorim/rio· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/features· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/install/windows· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/config· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/features/kitty-graphics-protocol· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/features/split-panels· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/features/vi-mode· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/features/adaptive-theme· checked 4 Oct 2026
- github.com/raphamorim/rio/security/policy· checked 4 Oct 2026
- rioterm.com/docs/install· checked 4 Oct 2026