Requirements

Operating Systems

Sauva supports macOS and Linux. Windows is not currently supported.

Terminal

An interactive terminal is required, including when the input is read from a pipe or file. Sauva reads the supplied input first, then accepts keyboard input from the terminal.

The minimum terminal size is 60 columns by 16 rows. A larger terminal, such as 100 columns by 30 rows, provides room for additional preview panels.

Glyph Images

Glyph images require a compatible terminal and fonts installed on your system. Sauva does not bundle fonts.

kitty and Ghostty are supported for automatic graphics detection. See Compatibility for the available protocols and modes.

Unicode properties, browsing, searching, and text analysis remain available when glyph images are disabled or unavailable.

Building from Source

Installing with Cargo requires Rust 1.88.0 or later. A release binary does not require Rust to be installed.