CachyOS Apps

Install COSMIC Terminal on CachyOS

COSMIC Terminal Emulator.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install COSMIC Terminal on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open COSMIC Terminal from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S cosmic-term-git

cosmic-term-git is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing COSMIC Terminal?

  1. Open COSMIC Terminal from your app menu.
  2. Or run cosmic-term in a terminal.
  3. Run pacman -Qi cosmic-term-git to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove COSMIC Terminal?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns cosmic-term-git

What is COSMIC Terminal?

COSMIC Terminal Emulator.

Package description: COSMIC Terminal Emulator

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    pop-os/cosmic-term · ★ 601 stars · last commit Oct 29, 2026

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. Support for the Kitty Graphics ProtocolOpen

      I think cosmic-term has a chance to improve on alacritty by implementing a feature that users of alacritty have wanted for a while, which is graphics in the terminal. I think the best and most efficient way to do this would be implementing the kitty graphics protocol:

      @deviantsemicolon · · 33 reactions · 8 comments · View on GitHub

    2. Request: Sixel supportOpen

      Support for sixel images would be greatly appreciated as many terminal image viewers and file browsers use it for displaying images.

      @Quackdoc · · 19 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    3. Drop-down terminal optionOpen

      A drop-down option such as guake, yakuake, or xfce4-terminal is essential. When working with floating windows, this is the best way to interact with the console. You hit a key (generally F12), and it pops, you don't need it anymore? It disappears until you hit the shortcut again.

      @kleenleen · · 15 reactions · 8 comments · View on GitHub

    4. feat: enable Kitty CSI u-escapingOpen

      This protocol is implemented in many terminals including Alacritty, Ghostty, foot, Warp, and iTerm2. It's supported by libraries including Vim, Neovim, and Helix, and shells including Nushell and Fish. See for an explanation of the protocol. The terminal should listen for an…

      @bgub · · 15 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    5. [Feature request] Open new split window in current working directoryOpen

      When I split a terminal window, I more often want to stay in the current path that not. Terminator does this also by default. It would be great to add an option to allow to set PWD to current path after split.

      @daenny · · 14 reactions · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Line height should be configurableOpen

      I really love cosmic-term. I think y'all are using a custom renderer, but wow does the text look great compared to my otherwise-normal-daily-driver Alacritty. however, the line height seems a bit high. There are are a number of applications that render graphics or text in a way…

      @colemickens · · 12 reactions · 8 comments · View on GitHub

    7. COSMIC term - I'd love to be able to rearrange tabsClosed

      I often have groups of tabs so that I can do different things in the same directory. But if I accidentally close one tab in that group, I need to open another tab to replace that one. Unfortunately, that new tab will be way down at the end of the list of tabs, which might be 7 or…

      @ThomasCorbin · · 9 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    8. COSMIC Term Color Scheme CreatorOpen

      @WatchMkr · · 8 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    9. Support CSI 2031 (propagate light/dark changes to terminal apps)Open

      I don't understand terminal internals quite well enough to try and fully re-summarize. But this is some signal that can be sent from terminal emulators to terminal applications to trigger them to update their appearance in response to the terminal (or likely, system) changing…

      @colemickens · · 8 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    10. Custom Shortcut with PageUp or PageDown not workingClosed

      Hi everyone. I just update cosmic-term, using apt, and realize that now there is the option of "Keyboard shortcuts". It is great, but I realize a bug. I was trying to configure a shortcut for Next Tab and previous Tab, using PAGEDOWN and PAGEUP, but it is not working. When I…

      @laguirre-contactvox · · 7 reactions · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Potentially migrating to riovt from alacritty?Closed

      Would cosmic-term be open to migrating to a different backend then alacritty? Alacritty has self imposed limitations and will not be implementing support for images like sixel/kitty/iterm2. If a migration to something like rio terminal backend would be on the table, this would…

      @Quackdoc · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    12. Scrolling RegressionOpen

      I used to simply drag two fingers up/down on the trackpad to scroll up and down in the terminal output. Now, I notice that instead of scrolling up/down the terminal output outside the window, it rotates through the history of CLI commands I typed, at a difficult to control speed.…

      @yuv · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Focus events aren't sent when switching between tabsOpen

      When using a terminal with tabs in a single window, focus events are not sent when switching between tabs. 1. Open a new terminal window, Alt+t to create a second tab 2. In one of the terminals, run printf '\e[?1004h'; cat -v; printf '\e[?1004l'. This enables events and blocks in…

      @phs · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. [Feature request] Ignore Ctrl+L when the terminal is emptyOpen

      When you press Ctrl+L to clear the console, it not only clears it but also creates a scroll. The more you press it, the longer the scroll gets, and you can even scroll up to see previous prompts. In other terminals like Ghostty or Konsole this don't happen.

      @varaskkar · · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    15. Feature request: option to show tabs in the header barOpen

      An option to place the tabs in the header bar instead of in a separate row beneath it, the way Firefox and Ptyxis do. The tab bar is short, which makes tabs a small target to click and their titles harder to read than the rest of the interface. There is no setting for tab height,…

      @gsa700 · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    COSMIC Terminal on CachyOS: questions

    Is COSMIC Terminal in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The cosmic-term-git package is in the cachyos repo, version 1.11.0.r2.ga5e1bb5-1, built 2026-10-26. Install it with sudo pacman -S cosmic-term-git.

    Do I need an AUR helper for COSMIC Terminal?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the COSMIC Terminal command?

    cosmic-term. The package is called cosmic-term-git.