kitten-panel(1) kitty kitten-panel(1) (NAME) kitten-panel - GPU (OVERVIEW) . btop cava . (GUI) . panel kitten ( Linux). 0.42.0: macOS ( ) X11 ( /overlay). 0.34.0: Wayland. Wayland . kitten : kitten panel sh -c 'printf "\n\n\nHello, world."; sleep 5s' Hello, world. . sh Hello, world! . . Wayland macOS : kitten panel --edge=background htop htop . GNOME sway sway panel kitten . : o kitty panel o pawbar (CONTROLLING PANELS VIA REMOTE CONTROL) (remote control) kitty <> . : kitten panel -o allow_remote_control=socket-only --lines=2 \ --listen-on=unix:/tmp/panel kitten run-shell / : kitten @ --to=unix:/tmp/panel resize-os-window --action=toggle-visibility : kitten @ --to=unix:/tmp/panel resize-os-window --action=os-panel \ --incremental edge=bottom lines=4 top ( ) : kitten @ --to=unix:/tmp/panel launch --type=os-panel --os-panel edge=top \ --os-panel lines=8 top kitten . (Command Line Interface) kitty +kitten panel [options] [cmdline-to-run ...] GPU (OPTIONS) --lines . (background) (centered) (vertical) . px . : 1 --columns . (background) (centered) (horizontal) . px . : 1 --margin-top . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . : 0 --margin-left . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . : 0 --margin-bottom . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . : 0 --margin-right . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . : 0 --edge . ( i3) (docked) . background " " . sway sway kitten . : center center-sized none. center ( macOS titlebar dock ). (margin) . none . --lines --columns . center-sized none . : top : background bottom center center-sized left none right top --layer Wayland wlr layer shell . --edge background background . macOS (levels) NSWindow . macOS --override macos_ns_window_layer <#opt-kitty .macos_ns_window_layer> : --override macos_ns_window_layer=NSPopUpMenuWindowLevel. : bottom : background bottom overlay top --config , -c kitty . --override , -o = kitty . : name=value. : kitty +kitten panel -o font_size=20 --output-name () . . . list . listjson json . Wayland . Wayland . --app-id , --class Wayland (namespace) layer shell . X11 class WM_CLASS . : kitty-panel --name , --os-window-tag X11 name WM_CLASS kitty --class <#cmdoption-kitty-app-id> X11 . --focus-policy Wayland wlr layer shell (focus policy) . wlr layer shell . Wayland exclusive . macOS exclusive on-demand . : not-allowed : exclusive not-allowed on-demand --hide-on-focus-loss [=no] . --focus-policy on-demand . Wayland . --grab-keyboard [=no] . kitty . . / / . Wayland inhibit-keyboard-shortcuts . macOS Apple . --exclusive-zone Wayland wlr layer shell (exclusive zone) . exclusive wlr layer shell . --edge center none --override-exclusive-zone . --edge background . X11 macOS . : -1 --override-exclusive-zone [=no] Wayland wlr layer shell . --edge top left bottom right . X11 macOS . : no --single-instance [=no], -1 [=no] . (top-level) . : no --instance-group = --single-instance . --instance-group . --wait-for-single-instance-window-close [=no] kitty --single-instance <# cmdoption-kitty-single-instance> kitty . . kitty . --listen-on . kitty --listen-on <#cmdoption-kitty-listen- on>=unix:/tmp/mykitty kitty --listen-on <#cmdoption- kitty-listen-on>=tcp:localhost:12345. : kitty --listen-on <#cmdoption-kitty-listen-on>=unix:@mykitty. . kitty kitten @ kitten @ --to <# cmdoption-kitten-to> . kitten @ kitty kitten @ --to <#cmdoption-kitten-to> . allow_remote_control <#opt-kitty.allow_remote_control> : yes socket socket-only. kitty.conf . --toggle-visibility [=no] --single-instance (/ ). : no --move-to-active-monitor [=no] --toggle-visibility ( ). . macOS . : false --start-as-hidden [=no] --toggle-visibility . : no --detach [=no] ( ) . : no --detached-log = STDOUT/STDERR --detach --debug-rendering [=no] . --debug-input [=no] . : kitten panel --edge=background -o background_opacity=0.2 -o background=black btop kitty btop . : kitten quick-access-terminal kitten run-shell \ zsh -c 'printf "\e]66;s=4;Quick access kitty in Hyprland\a\n\n\n\nAlso uses kitty to draw desktop background\n"' kitten run-shell zsh (login shell) . : wm bar . kitten kitty (bar) . kitty . (COMPATIBILITY WITH VARIOUS PLATFORMS) HTML . (AUTHORS) Kovid Goyal (COPYRIGHT) 2026, Kovid Goyal 0.48.2 July 30, 2026 kitten-panel(1)