Choosing a Terminal

Series: first-crossing · Part 1

Archipelago’s primary client is SSH. Any terminal with a modern OpenSSH client is enough.

On macOS and Linux, use the system Terminal, Ghostty, Kitty, WezTerm, iTerm2, or another terminal you already trust. On Windows, Windows Terminal includes a suitable ssh client on current releases.

Confirm it is present:

ssh -V

The TUI uses ANSI colour, Unicode box drawing, and raw keystroke input. Choose a monospace font with good box-drawing coverage. If frames show gaps or diamonds, try JetBrains Mono, Iosevka, Cascadia Mono, or Menlo.

No pharos player binary is required. QUIC is used by the federation work, not by your terminal session.