Release / 2026-03-21

kitty v0.46.2

Find and run any kitty action from a searchable command palette.

What changed in v0.46.2

Groups v0.46.0 to v0.46.2. New command palette; tabs can be dragged to reorder, move or detach; window borders can be dragged to resize; optional per-window title bars; pixel scrolling (pixel_scroll) and Linux momentum scrolling (momentum_scroll).

Also: Colors in kitty.conf can be written in OKLCH or LAB; Wayland background blur; multi-key mapping timeouts; diff kitten highlights moved lines.

v0.46.2.

New things you can do

Browse and run all mapped and unmapped kitty actions from a searchable command palette.

Added

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kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/v0.46.2/docs/changelog.rst

Scroll the scrollback by pixels, with momentum scrolling on Linux touchpads and touchscreens.

Added

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kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/v0.46.2/docs/changelog.rst

Fixed and improved

Drag tabs to reorder, move to another OS window or detach; drag window borders to resize in any layout; optional title bars per window; maximize a window in the splits layout.

ImprovedArrange terminal windows in tabs, splits and switchable layouts inside one kitty window.

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kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/v0.46.2/docs/changelog.rst

Colors in kitty.conf may be given in the OKLCH and LAB color spaces.

ImprovedBrowse hundreds of color themes with a live preview and switch kitty's theme.

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kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/v0.46.2/docs/changelog.rst

Moved lines are highlighted in a different color (kitten-diff.mark_moved_lines).

ImprovedView side-by-side diffs of files or directories with syntax highlighting and images in the terminal.

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kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/v0.46.2/docs/changelog.rst

Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.