vte3 ☆

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Description:
Terminal emulator widget used by GNOME terminal

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 11@1 | Tracked Since: Nov 21, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: terminal gtk library vte gnome

Install: brew install vte3

About:
VTE3 is a library that implements a terminal emulator widget for GTK. It provides the core rendering and emulation logic that powers GNOME Terminal and other VTE-based applications. Its main value proposition is offering a robust, embeddable terminal component for developers building Linux terminal applications.

Key Features:

VT100 and xterm-compatible terminal emulation
GTK widget for easy integration into GUI applications
Support for Unicode and complex text layouts
Configurable colors, fonts, and scrolling behavior

Use Cases:

Building custom terminal emulator applications
Embedding a terminal view within a larger desktop application
Developing Linux console utilities with graphical frontends

Alternatives:

konsole-lib – KDE's terminal widget library, tied to the Qt framework
libvterm – A lower-level terminal emulation library without GUI dependencies

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Jan 13, 2026 8:02am	11	1	REVISION_ONLY	3ba8fb16
Jan 3, 2026 5:31pm	11	0	VERSION_BUMP	7bf113d5
Nov 21, 2025 9:48pm	11	4	VERSION_BUMP	4878521e
Oct 17, 2025 1:53am	11	1	VERSION_BUMP	84bbaea6
Oct 12, 2025 1:45am	11	0	VERSION_BUMP	a87e7fac
Sep 15, 2025 4:57pm	9	0	VERSION_BUMP	fa8c0f1c
Sep 14, 2025 11:28pm	9	0	VERSION_BUMP	9dfae58f
Oct 31, 2024 3:09am	9	2	VERSION_BUMP	538b667c
Sep 12, 2024 3:45pm	9	0	VERSION_BUMP	25bfdf28