Terminator Files

The Big Changes coming release

This will hopefully be the last release using GTK3, I have a GTK4 branch that is ready for an early beta release, so if there are subsequent emergency bugfixes, we'll cut a new 2.1 release.

One of the things in my plan for the next steps are to get a good packaging github action workflow so that we can build packages when changes are committed.

This will also be the last release that will not have any known AI contributions. There are some big new features and changes in the PR queue that have been "vibecoded", including my own GTK4 changes. All of the contributions will go through the same thorough review that I've always done, and I'm not worried about the changes, but I am announcing this in the interests of transparency.

What's Changed

• fix ci by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1009
• Updates for file po/terminator.pot in fr by @transifex-integration[bot] in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/991
• Updates for file po/terminator.pot in hu by @transifex-integration[bot] in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/994
• Tmux-like navigation feature by @siamak-amo in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1002
• Bug [#904] Decouple the copy/paste from PRIMARY or Clipboard by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1016
• add Add Auto Theme Plugin by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1017
• Fix incompatibility issues between remote plugins and localization modules by @dylanorz in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1044
• Update TRANSLATION.md by @hugok79 in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1033
• fix: Use Menlo as default mono font on macOS by @JAugusto42 in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1028
• fix: handle both string and bytes in feed method for drag-and-drop by @dmzoneill in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1055
• fix: handle invalid regex gracefully in search by @dmzoneill in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1054
• Background blur by @Sotilrac in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1071
• add meta key by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1086
• Add new keybinding action - Shift+Enter = new line by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1084
• Add plugin to resolve commit hashes to URLs by @Duranzed in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1075
• revert PR 1075 by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1087
• Fix SIGHUP/PTY race in Terminal.close() that loses bash history by @kristofszeles in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1090
• Adds custom color selection and theme presets by @vvbv in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1080
• tests: fix accelerator_parse hash mismatch on Python 3.14 by @blshkv in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1092
• fix macos keybinding by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1093
• Add mod4 key binding to keybindings.py by @remijouannet in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1095
• more keyboard fixes for macos by @mattrose in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1097
• Pass terminal to URLHandler plugins by @bangbangsheshotmedown in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1074
• Fix keypress focus check for non-window toplevels by @antomicx in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1073
• fix: remove unused GObject and Gtk imports with legacy aliases by @dmzoneill in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1057
• Add window decoration style setting (Dark/Light/Auto) by @RedLeavesSun in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1098
• Prevent background terminals from flickering the window title by @ret2basic in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1105

New Contributors

• @siamak-amo made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1002
• @dylanorz made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1044
• @hugok79 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1033
• @dmzoneill made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1055
• @Sotilrac made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1071
• @Duranzed made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1075
• @kristofszeles made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1090
• @vvbv made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1080
• @blshkv made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1092
• @remijouannet made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1095
• @bangbangsheshotmedown made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1074
• @antomicx made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1073
• @RedLeavesSun made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1098
• @ret2basic made their first contribution in https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/pull/1105

Full Changelog: https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/compare/v2.1.5...v2.1.6