[alt187]

No it's not. The author smuggles opt-out telemetry and is suspiciously abrasive towards users pointing this out.

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544

[ComputerGuru]

No, he’s not. Calling this telemetry is a stretch and that’s his style on everything he disagrees with (unfortunately).

[alt187]

It would be a stretch if it was opt-out, but as it is, every installation of Kitty phones home by default. That is the exact equivalent of telemetry.

His "style" compounds on that by making him seem untrustworthy.