Unlike the long-established Konsole terminal emulator, which relies on Qt’s older QWidget framework and CPU-based rendering, Kwi uses Qt Quick and the Qt Scene Graph to take advantage of GPU acceleration through Vulkan or OpenGL. Its interface is built with Kirigami, following KDE’s latest Human Interface Guidelines: Kwi Is a New KDE Terminal Emulator Built on Ghostty Technology https://linuxiac.com/kde-introduces-kwi-a-new-gpu-accelerated-terminal-powered-by-ghostty/