--- title: Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x... description: KDE developer Eike Hein announced a new terminal emulator called Kwi, built as a modern alternative to Konsole. Kwi uses Ghostty's libghostty-vt library plus... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kwi-being-developed-as-new-kde-terminal-emulator-with-3x-to-35x-performance-a5wpgrigm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x To 35x Performance | daily.dev og:description: KDE developer Eike Hein announced a new terminal emulator called Kwi, built as a modern alternative to Konsole. Kwi uses Ghostty's libghostty-vt library plus... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kwi-being-developed-as-new-kde-terminal-emulator-with-3x-to-35x-performance-a5wpgrigm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/a5WPgrigm.png og:image:alt: Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x To 35x Performance 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. # Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x To 35x Performance **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KDE developer Eike Hein announced a new terminal emulator called Kwi, built as a modern alternative to Konsole. Kwi uses Ghostty's libghostty-vt library plus mature KDE Frameworks, and supports GPU acceleration via OpenGL or Vulkan through the Qt Scene Graph. It claims 3x to 35x faster overall performance than Konsole, citing 870 fps in the DOOM-fire-zig benchmark versus 23 fps for Konsole. Kwi is experimental with no v0.1.0 tag yet, has only seen limited testing by a small circle, and is not proposed as a Konsole replacement. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the new KDE terminal emulator called Kwi and how does it compare to Konsole in performance? Kwi is an experimental KDE terminal emulator announced by KDE developer Eike Hein, built using Ghostty's libghostty-vt library and KDE Frameworks, with GPU acceleration via OpenGL or Vulkan through the Qt Scene Graph. It claims 3x to 35x faster overall performance than Konsole depending on the benchmark, including 870 fps versus Konsole's 23 fps in the DOOM-fire-zig test. It has no v0.1.0 release yet and is not proposed as a Konsole replacement. _Developers evaluating Linux desktop terminal options can track Kwi's progress against Konsole on daily.dev._ ### Does Kwi use Ghostty's code internally? Yes, Kwi employs Ghostty's libghostty-vt library alongside mature KDE Frameworks components for its implementation, combining it with GPU-accelerated rendering through the Qt Scene Graph using OpenGL or Vulkan. _Anyone comparing terminal emulator internals can follow how Kwi combines Ghostty and KDE tech on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A KDE developer reveals Kwi, a GPU-accelerated terminal built on Ghostty's library](https://daily.dev/posts/a-kde-developer-reveals-kwi-a-gpu-accelerated-terminal-built-on-ghostty-s-library-onr23bntx) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I switched to Ghostty and discovered Linux terminals could actually be fun](https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-to-ghostty-and-discovered-linux-terminals-could-actually-be-fun-kwfmvggqr) · XDA Developers · 73 upvotes · 11 comments - [The Modern Terminals Showdown: Alacritty, Kitty, and Ghostty Comparing Alacritty, Kitty, and Ghostty for Speed, Features, and Customization](https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-terminals-showdown-alacritty-kitty-and-ghostty-comparing-alacritty-kitty-and-ghostty-05tu6iisw) · The Miners · 17 upvotes · 4 comments - [KDE Linux Now Using KMSCON For A Better VT Console Experience](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-linux-now-using-kmscon-for-a-better-vt-console-experience-10didaver) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#ghostty](https://daily.dev/tags/ghostty) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kwi-being-developed-as-new-kde-terminal-emulator-with-3x-to-35x-performance-a5wpgrigm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x To 35x Performance","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kwi-being-developed-as-new-kde-terminal-emulator-with-3x-to-35x-performance-a5wpgrigm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kwi-being-developed-as-new-kde-terminal-emulator-with-3x-to-35x-performance-a5wpgrigm"},"datePublished":"2026-11-01T13:48:59.967Z","dateModified":"2026-11-01T14:05:13.840Z","description":"KDE developer Eike Hein announced a new terminal emulator called Kwi, built as a modern alternative to Konsole. 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