This gist will show the support of BiDirectional text in the terminal emulators and console programs.
You can read more about the [standardization efforts](https://terminal-wg.pages.freedesktop.org/bidi/) at the dedicated page of FreeDesktop Terminal BiDi working group.

# How to test

| Logical Order |	◀ ◀ ◀ RTL |	LTR ▶ ▶ ▶
|---------------|------------|------------
| WHAT IS UNICODE؟ in arabic |	in arabic ؟EDOCINU SI TAHW |	؟EDOCINU SI TAHW in arabic
|                            |	ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic |	ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic
   
# Supporting BiDirectional text

## According to a [new standard]()

Please note, that specification is preliminary yet, and [VTE implementation](https://terminal-wg.pages.freedesktop.org/bidi/implementations.html#vte) is still work in progress:

* all [libvte](http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/) based terminals - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/issues/53
    * **libvte**-based [Gnome Terminal](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/) - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/263822
    * **libvte**-based [sakura](http://www.pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura)
    * **libvte**-based [xfce4-terminal](http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start)
    * **libvte**-based [Terminator](http://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html)
    * **libvte**-based [Tilix](https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix) - written in D. Similar user interface as for Terminator.
    * **libvte**-based [Lilyterm](http://lilyterm.luna.com.tw/)  - https://github.com/Tetralet/LilyTerm/
    * **libvte**-based [ROXTerm](http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/)
    * **libvte**-based [evilvte](http://www.calno.com/evilvte/) https://github.com/caleb-/evilvte
    * **libvte**-based [Termit](https://github.com/nonstop/termit)
    * **libvte**-based [Termite](https://github.com/thestinger/termite)
    * **libvte**-based [Tilda](https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda)
    * **libvte**-based [tinyterm](https://code.google.com/p/tinyterm)
    * **libvte**-based [Pantheon Terminal](https://launchpad.net/pantheon-terminal)
    * **libvte**-based [lxterminal](http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxde)

## Incompatible and incomplete implementations

* [mlterm](http://mlterm.sourceforge.net)
* [konsole](http://kde.org/applications/system/konsole/)
* [qterminal](https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal)
* [mintty](https://mintty.github.io/) **Cygwin and MSYS/MSYS2** - **Windows platform**

# Not supporting BiDirectional text

* [st](http://st.suckless.org/) (from suckless)
* [xst](https://github.com/gnotclub/xst/) fork of st https://github.com/gnotclub/xst/issues/55
* [iterm2](http://www.iterm2.com/)
* [alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty) - written in Rust https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/663
* [kitty](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) - uses OpenGL
* [cool-retro-term](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term)
* [Termux](https://termux.com/) - **Android platform**
* [Black Screen](https://github.com/shockone/black-screen) - crossplatform, HTML/CSS/JS-based
* [Hyper.app](https://hyper.is/) - crossplatform, HTML/CSS/JS-based (Electron)
* [hterm](https://chromium.googlesource.com/apps/libapps/+/master/hterm) - HTML/CSS/JS-based (ChromeOS)
* [Windows Terminal](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) - **Windows platform**, standard terminal https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/538
* [Tera Term](http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/ttssh2/) - **Windows platform**
* [ConEmu](https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu) - **Windows platform** https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/issues/1665
* [FinalTerm](http://finalterm.org/) - [abandoned](http://worldwidemann.com/finally-terminated/), iTerm2 [borrowing it's ideas and features](http://iterm2.com/shell_integration.html).
* [MacTerm](https://github.com/kmgrant/macterm) - **Mac OS X platform**
* Windows 10 bash and cmd.exe console - https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-console-windows-subsystem-for-l/suggestions/34937857-bidirectional-text-support


# Not supporting BiDirectional text programs

* neovim - https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/553
* vim - https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/204
* radare2 - https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/2032