Rio
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The facts
Each one read from Rio's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Adaptive themes
- Rio can switch between light and dark themes based on system appearance on Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Available systems
- Rio is available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and WebAssembly.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Build status
- Rio offers stable builds and nightly builds, with nightly builds created daily.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Rio allows users to configure settings in a TOML file, and changes to that file automatically trigger the terminal to render with the new configuration.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Desktop availability
- Rio is available for Windows, Linux distributions, FreeBSD, and macOS.checked 4 Oct 2026
- GPU acceleration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- GPU support
- Rio's Sugarloaf renderer has native Metal and Vulkan backends, while WebGPU requires building with the wgpu Cargo feature.checked 4 Oct 2026
- GPU terminal
- The project describes Rio as a hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator for desktops and browsers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Image support
- Rio supports the iTerm2 inline image protocol.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The homepage invites users to sponsor the project to help keep it going.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Rio describes itself as an open source terminal for the 21st century.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Rio is a hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator designed to run on desktops and in browsers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Release channels
- Rio offers stable builds, which are described as thoroughly tested, and nightly builds created daily.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Scripting API
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 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.checked 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Split panels
- Split panels are supported and enabled by default.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Split panes
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux packages
- Prebuilt Linux packages are available for distributions including Arch, Alpine, Nix, openSUSE, Flathub, and Void, with .deb and .rpm packages on GitHub releases.checked 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Linux terminfo note
- Rio's .deb packages do not include terminfo; Ubuntu 22.04 and older Debian or Ubuntu systems require manual installation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- macOS support
- The macOS download is a universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel machines.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macOS,Windows,Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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