Linux Wayland

A real drop-down terminal across major Wayland desktops.

TildaZ is a direct Wayland client for Linux. It targets the Quake-style workflow on KDE Plasma, GNOME, Cinnamon, COSMIC, Hyprland, and sway without requiring an Electron, GTK, or Qt runtime.

Install on Linux Latest Release
Desktops

Not one compositor only

TildaZ tracks the desktop-specific paths needed for drop-down placement and hotkey behavior across the major Wayland environments.

  • KDE Plasma
  • GNOME
  • Cinnamon
  • COSMIC
  • Hyprland
  • sway
Native

Direct Wayland, terminal core inside

The Linux host is a direct Wayland client with the fast libghostty-vt terminal core. It is Wayland-only and does not include an X11 backend.

  • No Electron runtime
  • No GTK / Qt runtime dependency
  • GPU rendering through OpenGL ES
Text

Built for real terminal output

Linux support includes HiDPI / fractional scaling paths, fcitx5 / IME support, true color, ligatures, emoji, procedural box-drawing, and smooth shaded blocks.

  • Inline IME for Korean / Japanese / Chinese
  • Box-drawing for crisp TUIs
  • Color emoji and ligatures

Packages

Pick the Linux package format that fits your distro.

tar.gzPortable install with ./install.sh for desktop file and icon setup.
debDebian / Ubuntu package for amd64 and arm64 release builds.
rpmFedora / RHEL / openSUSE package for x86_64 and aarch64 release builds.
AppImageDistro-independent single-file launch on glibc 2.28+ systems.
Archpkg.tar.zst for Arch / Manjaro / EndeavourOS via pacman -U (x86_64).

Actual Capture

A real TildaZ layer-shell surface on Linux Wayland.

Actual TildaZ Linux Wayland drop-down terminal surface
Captured from the Linux Wayland backend on KDE Plasma. The surrounding desktop was cropped out.