--- title: How to setup Terminal Cursor Animations (3 Methods) description: Three methods for adding cursor animations to terminals: using Kitty terminal's built-in cursor trail feature with simple configuration, installing the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-setup-terminal-cursor-animations-3-methods--abotmgst5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to setup Terminal Cursor Animations (3 Methods) | daily.dev og:description: Three methods for adding cursor animations to terminals: using Kitty terminal's built-in cursor trail feature with simple configuration, installing the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-setup-terminal-cursor-animations-3-methods--abotmgst5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/abOtmgst5.png og:image:alt: How to setup Terminal Cursor Animations (3 Methods) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to setup Terminal Cursor Animations (3 Methods) **[Coding with Sphere](https://daily.dev/sources/codingwithsphere)** · 9 min read · 73 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Three methods for adding cursor animations to terminals: using Kitty terminal's built-in cursor trail feature with simple configuration, installing the smearcursor.nvim plugin for Neovim that works across any terminal, and building Ghostty terminal from source to use custom cursor trail shaders. 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