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Integrations with other tools
================================
kitty provides extremely powerful interfaces such as :doc:`remote-control` and
:doc:`kittens/custom` and :doc:`kittens/icat`
that allow it to be integrated with other tools seamlessly.
Image and document viewers
----------------------------
Powered by kitty's :doc:`graphics-protocol` there exist many tools for viewing
images and other types of documents directly in your terminal, even over SSH.
`termpdf.py <https://github.com/dsanson/termpdf.py>`_
a terminal PDF/DJVU/CBR viewer
`mdcat <https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat>`_
Display markdown files nicely formatted with images in the terminal
`ranger <https://github.com/ranger/ranger>`_
a terminal file manager, with previews of file contents powered by kitty's graphics protocol.
`nnn <https://github.com/jarun/nnn/>`_
another terminal file manager, with previews of file contents powered by kitty's graphics protocol.
`hunter <https://github.com/rabite0/hunter>`_
another terminal file manager, with previews of file contents powered by kitty's graphics protocol.
`koneko <https://github.com/twenty5151/koneko>`_
browse images from the pixiv artist community directly in kitty
`viu <https://github.com/atanunq/viu>`_
view images in the terminal, similar to kitty's icat, however also supports
displaying animated GIFs
System and data visualisation tools
---------------------------------------
`neofetch <https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch>`_
A command line system information tool that shows images using kitty's graphics protocol
`matplotlib <https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty>`_
show matplotlib plots directly in kitty
`KittyTerminalImages.jl <https://github.com/simonschoelly/KittyTerminalImages.jl>`_
show images from Julia directly in kitty
`gnuplot <http://www.gnuplot.info/>`_
a graphing and data visualization tool that can be made to display its
output in kitty with the following bash snippet::
function iplot {
cat <<EOF | gnuplot
set terminal pngcairo enhanced font 'Fira Sans,10'
set autoscale
set samples 1000
set output '|kitty +kitten icat --stdin yes'
set object 1 rectangle from screen 0,0 to screen 1,1 fillcolor rgb"#fdf6e3" behind
plot $@
set output '/dev/null'
EOF
}
Add this to bashrc and then to plot a function, simply do::
iplot 'sin(x*3)*exp(x*.2)'
`onefetch <https://github.com/o2sh/onefetch>`_
a tool to fetch information about your git repositories
`wttr <https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in>`_
a tool to display weather information in your terminal with curl
Editor integration
-----------------------
kitty can be integrated into many different terminal editors to add features
such a split windows, previews, REPLs etc.
`kakoune <https://kakoune.org/>`_
integrates with kitty to use native kitty windows for its windows/panels and REPLs.
`vim-slime <https://github.com/jpalardy/vim-slime#kitty>`_
uses kitty remote control for a Lisp REPL.
`vim-kitty-navigator <https://github.com/knubie/vim-kitty-navigator>`_
allows you to navigate seamlessly between vim and kitty splits using a consistent set of hotkeys.
`vim-test <https://github.com/vim-test/vim-test>`_
allows easily running tests in a terminal window
Scrollback manipulation
-------------------------
`kitty-search <https://github.com/trygveaa/kitty-kitten-search>`_
Live incremental search of the scrollback buffer.
`kitty-grab <https://github.com/yurikhan/kitty_grab>`_
keyboard based text selection for the kitty scrollback buffer.
Miscellaneous
------------------
`kitty-smart-tab <https://github.com/yurikhan/kitty-smart-tab>`_
use keys to either control tabs or pass them onto running applications if
no tabs are present
`kitty-smart-scroll <https://github.com/yurikhan/kitty-smart-scroll>`_
use keys to either scroll or pass them onto running applications if
no scrollback buffer is present
`reload keybindings <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/1292#issuecomment-582388769>`_
reload key bindings from :file:`kitty.conf` without needing to restart
kitty
`kitti3 <https://github.com/LandingEllipse/kitti3>`_
allow using kitty as a drop-down terminal under the i3 window manager
`weechat-hints <https://github.com/GermainZ/kitty-weechat-hints>`_
URL hints kitten for WeeChat that works without having to use WeeChat's
raw-mode.
`glkitty <https://github.com/michaeljclark/glkitty>`_
C library to draw OpenGL shaders in the terminal with a glgears demo
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