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Kovid Goyal: Linux, Window Managers, and GitHub Controversies
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- Dec 3, 2025
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Summary
Kovid Goyal is the creator of the Kitty terminal and the Calibre e-book reader. We had an interview around 4 months ago. After that interview, I became a fan of the myth, the legend. So much so that I switched back from Ghostty to Kitty as my main terminal. Well, not just because, but because he implemented a feature I was missing in Ghostty: Sessions. So I was able to replace my beloved tmux with kitty and I've been running without tmux for a few months now, it's been good. Video: https://youtu.be/SY8L-cj4x6k What's the best way to support me? https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough Timeline: 00:00:00 - Highlights 00:02:31 - 2nd time 00:03:24 - choose-files kitten image and video preview demo 00:07:30 - Does it replace the open file dialogue on macOS or just Linux? 00:09:13 - Why do you create all these protocols and tools? 00:10:34 - The itch of improving your workflow. Do you over optimize? 00:12:06 - What file manager do you use, yazi or something else? 00:13:12 - How is Calibre pronounced? 00:14:20 - The name Kitty 00:15:36 - How and why did you get started with computers? 00:16:07 - Mother PhD got ZX Spectrum 00:16:58 - Book source code of various games 00:19:15 - Sony and the PRS-500 reverse engineering 00:22:05 - Wife thoughts on you leaving Caltech to work on Open Source 00:23:37 - Are you happy going the Open Source route? 00:24:48 - The misconception of the rude maintainer 00:25:57 - 0 bugs philosophy 00:27:15 - More issues, Calibre or Kitty? 00:27:46 - Competition with other terminals, Ghostty, WezTerm 00:28:44 - Kitty got started because terminal sucked back then 00:30:40 - Why not use the computer like a normie? 00:31:59 - Your wife and friends understand your passion for the terminal? 00:33:16 - Kovid's…