Terminals

Alacritty privacy rating

Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator configured through a TOML file, with a vi mode, regex search and hints for opening URLs.

License: Apache-2.0

Summary

Alacritty scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.

Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

Yes

Open source Weight 3 of 3

Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

Apache-2.0.

github.com
Yes

No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

No telemetry or analytics in the source code.

github.com
Yes

No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

Free software under the Apache-2.0 and MIT licenses, with no ads or paid features.

github.com
No

Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

No independent audit is published.