# alacritty

> Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
> More information: <https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty>.

- Open a new alacritty window:

`alacritty`

- Run in a specific directory:

`alacritty --working-directory {{path/to/directory}}`

- Run a command in a new alacritty window:

`alacritty -e {{command}}`

- Specify alternative configuration file (defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml):

`alacritty --config-file {{path/to/config.yml}}`

- Run with live config reload enabled (can also be enabled by default in alacritty.yml):

`alacritty --live-config-reload --config-file {{path/to/config.yml}}`