Alacritty for Windows
To install Alacritty on Windows, you can use Chocolatey or download pre-built binaries from the GitHub releases page. Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, and the pre-built binaries are directly downloadable from GitHub.
Using Chocolatey:
- Install Chocolatey: If you don't have it, install Chocolatey first.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
- Install Alacritty: Open PowerShell as administrator and run the command
choco install alacritty
- Configure: The default configuration file is located at
%APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.yml. (or alacritty.toml)
Using Pre-built Binaries:
1. Download:
Download the pre-built Alacritty binaries (Alacritty.exe and winpty-agent.exe) from the GitHub releases page.
2. Extract:
Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a directory of your choice (e.g., C:\Program Files).
3. Add to PATH (Optional):
If you want to be able to run Alacritty from the command line, add the directory where you extracted the binaries to your system's PATH environment variable.
4. Configure:
The default configuration file is located at %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml. (or alacritty.toml)