Konsole

KDE's terminal emulator, also embedded in Kate, Dolphin, and Yakuake through the KonsolePart component.

Identity

• TERM: xterm-256color.
• TERM_PROGRAM: not set.
• KONSOLE_VERSION: set in the environment, e.g. 240800.
• DA1: CSI ? 62 ; 1 ; 4 c (VT220 class; 4 indicates Sixel) ?.
• DA2: ?
• XTVERSION: ?

Documentation

• Konsole handbook
• Repository
• KDE Gear release notes

Notable behavior

• Sixel graphics (22.04) and the Kitty graphics protocol (22.04) are both supported.
• OSC 8 hyperlinks, underline styles, truecolor, and OSC 133 semantic prompts are supported.
• OSC 52 clipboard writes are supported and gated by a profile setting.
• Konsole versions follow KDE Gear numbering (YY.MM).

Version notes

Protocol additions are listed in the KDE Gear announcements for each release; the Konsole repository changelog is the primary source.

Probe

echo "$KONSOLE_VERSION"
tools/query '\033[c'

Feature support

Records are maintained independently in tdn/terminals/konsole.yaml. Unlisted features are unknown. See the comparison for all features.

Feature	Support	As of	Notes and evidence
Kitty apc-kitty-graphics	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes ([Konsole release notes](https://konsole.kde.org/), 22.04.) | Also recorded: Yes, 22.04+ ([Konsole 22.04 announcement](https://kde.org/announcements/gear/22.04.0/).); Subset; `?` for placeholders and animation import import
BEL urgency/visual c0-bel-attention	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
14/16 pixel sizes csi-14-16-t-pixel-sizes	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
18 size in cells csi-18-t-text-size	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
ED 3 (scrollback) csi-3-j-erase-scrollback	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
DECSTBM csi-decstbm	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
DECSTR csi-decstr	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
ED/EL/ECH/ICH/DCH/IL/DL csi-editing-operations	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
SU/SD csi-su-sd-scroll	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Sixel dcs-sixel	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes, 22.04+ ([Konsole release notes](https://konsole.kde.org/), 22.04.) | Also recorded: Yes, 22.04+ ([Konsole 22.04 announcement](https://kde.org/announcements/gear/22.04.0/).) import import
1000 mouse dec-mode-1000-mouse	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
1002 button motion dec-mode-1002-button-motion	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
1003 all motion dec-mode-1003-all-motion	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
1004 focus dec-mode-1004-focus	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes ([Konsole source, `Vt102Emulation.cpp`](https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole).) import
1006 sgr mouse dec-mode-1006-sgr-mouse	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
1015 urxvt mouse dec-mode-1015-urxvt-mouse	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
1049 alternate screen dec-mode-1049-alternate-screen	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
2004 bracketed paste dec-mode-2004-bracketed-paste	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes | Also recorded: Yes; ([Konsole source](https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole).) import import
win32-input-mode dec-mode-9001-win32-input	UnknownImported · unverified	Unversioned	?; Not a Unix protocol; not documented by any of them import
OSC 0/2 set osc-0-2-title	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
OSC 10/11 set osc-10-11-default-colors-set	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
OSC 12 cursor osc-12-cursor-color	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
OSC 133 A–D osc-133-prompt-marks	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes (22.04) import
iTerm2 osc-1337-inline-images	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes ([Konsole release notes](https://konsole.kde.org/), 22.04.) | Also recorded: Yes, 22.04+ ([Konsole 22.04 announcement](https://kde.org/announcements/gear/22.04.0/).) import import
OSC 4 set osc-4-palette-set	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
OSC 52 read osc-52-read	UnknownImported · unverified	Unversioned	?; Off by default; profile option "Allow escape sequences to modify clipboard" import
OSC 52 write osc-52-write	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes; Off by default; profile option "Allow escape sequences to modify clipboard" import
OSC 7 osc-7-working-directory	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
OSC 8 hyperlinks osc-8-hyperlinks	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
256 colors sgr-256-colors	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Italic 3 sgr-3-italic	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Colon form 38:2 sgr-38-2-colon-form	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Truecolor 38;2 sgr-38-2-truecolor	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Underline styles 4:n sgr-4-underline-styles	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Blink 5 sgr-5-blink	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Underline color 58 sgr-58-underline-color	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Strikethrough 9 sgr-9-strikethrough	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
bce terminfo-bce	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Bidi reordering text-bidi	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Color emoji rendering text-color-emoji	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import
Italic face text-italic-face	SupportedImported · unverified	Unversioned	Yes import