–Rank now
#7Peak rank
3Days on list
204Score · 7d
Nov 3, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Lobsters
releaseunix
- Score
- 45
- Comments
- 2
- Submitted by
- fuzzypixelz
- Tags
- release, unix
- Site
- sw.kovidgoyal.net
Story details from Lobsters ↗ · linked article on sw.kovidgoyal.net.
Trending history
kitty 0.50.0 was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 62 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #7 of 25, reached on Nov 3, 22:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 00:21 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
Rank history
Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
7
8
25
Oct 26today
Metric history
Platform metric as reported by Lobsters.
Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobsters · Hottest | #7 | 3 | 62 | |
| YHacker News · Front page Kitty 0.50 | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Lobsters, shortened. Read the full thread on Lobsters.
I sure hope there isn't any setuid binaries in it. Given the plethora of terminals and this reputation, I do not think I am installing kitty. https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027/
What a joy to see Kitty getting new features. I've had only good times with it. I can't wait to use "Allow using tabs like named workspaces": I've currently been using one OS window per session, and will probably switch to using https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/sessions/#managing-multi-tab-sessions-in-a-single-os-window
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Questions
Is kitty 0.50.0 trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 00:21 UTC, after 3 days of trending.
What is the highest rank kitty 0.50.0 reached?
#7 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 3, 22:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has kitty 0.50.0 been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (62 checks) since.