Ratty 0.6.0

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

0.6.0 - 2026-10-11

The highlight of this release is the new Ratty terminal MCP protocol, which allows you to control the terminal fully from an AI agent!

ratty-mcp-demo-edited.mp4

See the documentation for more details on how to use it.

Additionally, we have added a new example for playing chess on a Möbius strip!

ratty-mobius-chess.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-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip	x64 Windows	checksum
ratty-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	ARM64 Linux	checksum
ratty-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum

Features

• Add MCP support by @orhun in #152
• Replace the terminal engine with fux-vt
  • improve compatibility with long grapheme clusters, wide glyphs, cursor state and terminal input protocols
  • add render_test example
  • all by @gold-silver-copper ❤️
• Add touchscreen camera gestures by @orhun in #146
• Add mobius_chess example by @Vaishnav-Sabari-Girish in #126
• Add window update_mode option to the config by @carltenzler-ctrl in #131
• Added mouse_scroll_lines option to the config by @veksha in #128

Bug Fixes

• Restrict RGP asset paths to trusted roots by @orhun in #163
• One liner to ease overall build support by @DarthPJB in #161
• Change default shortcuts for copy and paste by @ludrol in #151
• Fix crash caused by Nix package updates by @Nomagno in #144
• Repair and refactor the camera protocol stack by @gold-silver-copper in #134
• Pass alt arrow keys to alternate screen apps by @orhun in #129
• Respect bracketed paste mode and harden paste handling by @jackthepunished in #123

New Contributors

• @ludrol made their first contribution in #151
• @carltenzler-ctrl made their first contribution in #131
• @veksha made their first contribution in #128

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0