foot
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Nov 3, 2025first mention
Oct 27, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Foot, which as far as I've tested is the fastest to launch.”
Niri useron “Ghostty 1.4”
“On the PPP, SXMO with sway WM/composer, foot terminal, and wvkbd as a keyboard is very responsive, too.”
Pinephone Pro useron “I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux”
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“Fedora + Niri + Foot + Podman + Neovim is better with each release.”
“Just Niri + Foot (terminal) and it’s perfect for the way my brain works.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
- Ghostty 1.4 1 mention
- Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font 1 mention
- I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux 1 mention
- Show HN: Shitty – fast terminal. Memory-unsafe and faster than yours 1 mention
- Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board? 1 mention
- Herdr: One terminal to rule them all 1 mention
Also written as Foot. Data: foot.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“I use Foot, which as far as I've tested is the fastest to launch.”
“Some time ago I switched to wayland/sway/foot”
“On the PPP, SXMO with sway WM/composer, foot terminal, and wvkbd as a keyboard is very responsive, too.”
“foot and st felt as fast when I was using them.”
“Fedora + Niri + Foot + Podman + Neovim is better with each release.”
“Just Niri + Foot (terminal) and it’s perfect for the way my brain works.”
“such as urxvt, st, and now foot”
“I switched to `foot` when I migrated to Wayland a few months ago”