Ratty 0.4.0

Ratty: A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics 🧀
ratty-term.org

0.4.0 - 2026-05-18

Read the It's FOSS article about Ratty: "This New Terminal is Absurd (But Totally Fun)"

The highlight of this release is ratSCAD, a terminal CAD application built with Ratty by @qewer33!
Here is the demo:

ratscad-demo.mp4

Download Ratty

From crates.io:

cargo install ratty

From Arch Linux repositories:

pacman -S ratty

Or download binary releases:

File	Platform	Checksum
ratty-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Apple Silicon macOS	checksum
ratty-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Intel macOS	checksum
ratty-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	ARM64 Linux	checksum
ratty-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum

Features

• Support scrolling with trackpad by @orhun in #54
• Support clipboard on Wayland by default by @TheCodedKid in #47
• Select the correct default shell on Windows by @ahostbr in #66

Bug Fixes

• Allow absolute paths for objects by @orhun in #56
• Add some options for font fallback by @orhun in #55
  • Update parley_ratatui version to 0.2.1 by @gold-silver-copper in #57
• Use transparency while rendering cells by @orhun in #53
• Use synthetic mouse events for scrolling in apps by @orhun in #63
• Enable shading for all objects by @qewer33 in #62
• Keep rendering smooth when the window is unfocused by @orhun

New Contributors

• @ahostbr made their first contribution in #66
• @qewer33 made their first contribution in #62
• @gold-silver-copper made their first contribution in #57
• @TheCodedKid made their first contribution in #47

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...0.4.0