---
name: "sakura"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sakura"
version: "3.8.9-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sakura"
---

# sakura(1)

A simple but powerful libvte-based terminal emulator.

## NAME

sakura - A simple but powerful libvte-based terminal emulator.

## SYNOPSIS

sakura \[options...\]

## DESCRIPTION

sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator.

## HELP OPTIONS

- **-?, --help**

  Show help options.

- **--help-all**

  Show all help options

- **--help-gtk**

  Show GTK+ Options

## APPLICATION OPTIONS

- **-v, --version**

  Print version number

- **-f, --font**

  Select initial terminal font

- **-n, --ntabs**

  Select initial number of tabs

- **-x, --execute**

  Execute command

- **-e, --xterm-execute**

  Execute command (compatible with xterm's -e option)

- **-l, --login**

  Login shell

- **-c, --columns**

  Set columns number

- **-r, --rows**

  Set rows number

- **-h, --hold**

  Hold window after execute command

- **-d, --working-directory**

  Set working directory

- **-m, --maximize**

  Maximize window

- **-s, --fullscreen**

  Fullscreen mode

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  X display to use

- **--config-file=FILENAME**

  Use alternate configuration file. Path is relative to the sakura config dir. (Example: ~/.config/sakura/FILENAME).

## GTK+ OPTIONS

- **--class=CLASS**

  Program class as used by the window manager

- **--name=NAME**

  Program name as used by the window manager

- **--screen=SCREEN**

  X screen to use

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous

- **--gtk-module=MODULES**

  Load additional GTK+ modules

- **--g-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal

## CONFIGURATION

- show\_tab\_bar=\[always \| multiple \| never\]

  This list of options is currently incomplete.

## KEYBINDINGS SUPPORT

**sakura** supports keyboard bindings. They are configurable by setting the following properties in your sakura config file (~/.config/sakura/sakura.conf).

### ACCELERATORS

Accelerators can be set to any mask value from the GdkModifierType in gdktypes.h; see:

http://gtk.php.net/manual/en/html/gdk/gdk.enum.modifiertype.html

Mask values can be combined by ORing them.

For example, to set the delete tab accelerator to Ctrl + Shift:

del\_tab\_accelerator=5

because GDK\_SHIFT\_MASK has a value of 1 (1 \<\< 0), and GDK\_CONTROL\_MASK has a value of 4 (1 \<\< 2); ORing them together, you get 5.

I realise that this configuration is not so friendly to non-programmers, but it is a start. :)

### KEYS

For example, to set the add tab key to 'T':

add\_tab\_key=T

Before sakura used keycodes instead of strings. They're still valid.

### DEFAULTS

```
    Ctrl + Shift + T                 -> New tab
    Ctrl + Shift + W                 -> Close current tab
    Ctrl + Shift + C                 -> Copy selected text
    Ctrl + Shift + V                 -> Paste selected text
    Ctrl + Left cursor               -> Previous tab
    Ctrl + Right cursor              -> Next tab
    Ctrl + [1-9]                     -> Switch to tab N (1-9)
    Ctrl + Shift + S                 -> Toggle scrollbar
    Ctrl + Shift + Mouse left button -> Open link
    F11                              -> Fullscreen
    Shift + PageUp                   -> Move up through scrollback by page
    Shift + PageDown                 -> Move down through scrollback by page
    Ctrl + Shift + Up                -> Move up through scrollback by line
    Ctrl + Shift + Down              -> Move down through scrollback by line
```

You can also increase and decrease the font size in the GTK+ standard way (not configurable):

```
    Ctrl + '+'                       -> Increase font size
    Ctrl + '-'                       -> Decrease font size
```

## BUGS

**sakura** is hosted on Launchpad. Bugs can be filed at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/sakura

## AUTHORS

**sakura** was written by David Gómez \<david@pleyades.net\>.

This manual page was written by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio \<a.starr.b@gmail.com\>.

Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.