diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a35b5db5..c25013bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alacritty-test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/YizhePKU/alacritty-test.git?rev=6c4df50#6c4df50be8b94182928895df2b6fb73ca0d6cf73"
+dependencies = [
+ "alacritty_terminal",
+ "polling",
+ "unicode-width-16",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "alacritty_terminal"
+version = "0.24.1-rc2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef001fb819ec89184604b7f073e1cb5e5df57666e7fcfc7f8e229116f866a89e"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "home",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "miow",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "piper",
+ "polling",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "rustix-openpty",
+ "serde",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "unicode-width-16",
+ "vte 0.13.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -61,12 +95,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "x11rb",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -134,6 +180,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "error-code",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ca0197aee26d1ae37445ee532fefce43251d24cc7c166799f4d46817f1d3973"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -222,6 +277,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cursor-icon"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96a6ac251f4a2aca6b3f91340350eab87ae57c3f127ffeb585e92bd336717991"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive-new"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -323,6 +384,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-io"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e5c1b78ca4aae1ac06c48a526a655760685149f0d465d21f37abfe57ce075c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gethostname"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -370,6 +437,12 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbf6a919d6cf397374f7dfeeea91d974c7c0a7221d0d0f4f20d859d329e53fcc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "home"
 version = "0.5.9"
@@ -512,13 +585,22 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "80e04d1dcff3aae0704555fe5fee3bcfaf3d1fdf8a7e521d5b9d2b42acb52cec"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miow"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "359f76430b20a79f9e20e115b3428614e654f04fab314482fc0fda0ebd3c6044"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.28.0"
@@ -637,12 +719,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "piper"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96c8c490f422ef9a4efd2cb5b42b76c8613d7e7dfc1caf667b8a3350a5acc066"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-io",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "polling"
+version = "3.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3ed00ed3fbf728b5816498ecd316d1716eecaced9c0c8d2c5a6740ca214985b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "hermit-abi 0.4.0",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustix",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pretty_assertions"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -691,8 +805,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reedline"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alacritty-test",
  "arboard",
  "chrono",
  "crossbeam",
@@ -808,11 +923,23 @@ checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "errno",
+ "itoa",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix-openpty"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a25c3aad9fc1424eb82c88087789a7d938e1829724f3e4043163baf0d13cfc12"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -916,7 +1043,7 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55ff8ef943b384c414f54aefa961dd2bd853add74ec75e7ac74cf91dba62bcfa"
 dependencies = [
- "vte",
+ "vte 0.11.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -981,6 +1108,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tree_magic_mini"
 version = "3.1.4"
@@ -1013,6 +1156,12 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width-16"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9eba15036aa0f5bf8ed6cd12a624ddb61fd50b0779b1c05d89b663bcaed7b5c2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1041,6 +1190,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "vte_generate_state_changes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vte"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40eb22ae96f050e0c0d6f7ce43feeae26c348fc4dea56928ca81537cfaa6188b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "cursor-icon",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "utf8parse",
+ "vte_generate_state_changes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vte_generate_state_changes"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 12544dcf..b747c837 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ unicode-segmentation = "1.9.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+alacritty-test = { git = "https://github.com/YizhePKU/alacritty-test.git", rev = "6c4df50" }
 gethostname = "0.4.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 rstest = { version = "0.18.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/bin/testbin.rs b/src/bin/testbin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49374f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/testbin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//! Test binary for UX testing.
+
+use reedline::{DefaultPrompt, DefaultPromptSegment, Reedline, Signal};
+use std::io;
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut line_editor = Reedline::create();
+    let prompt = DefaultPrompt::new(
+        DefaultPromptSegment::Basic("Reedline".to_string()),
+        DefaultPromptSegment::Empty,
+    );
+
+    loop {
+        let sig = line_editor.read_line(&prompt)?;
+        match sig {
+            Signal::Success(buffer) => {
+                println!("We processed: {buffer}");
+            }
+            Signal::CtrlD | Signal::CtrlC => {
+                println!("\nAborted!");
+                break Ok(());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/basic.rs b/tests/basic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cb682cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+use alacritty_test::{extract_text, pty_spawn, PtyExt, Terminal};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/// Return the absolute path to the test binary.
+fn testbin() -> String {
+    if let Ok(nextest) = std::env::var("NEXTEST") {
+        if nextest == "1" {
+            return std::env::var("NEXTEST_BIN_EXE_testbin").unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    let path = "target/debug/testbin";
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    let path = "target/debug/testbin.exe";
+
+    std::fs::canonicalize(path)
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string_lossy()
+        .to_string()
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline prints the prompt at startup.
+#[test]
+fn prints_prompt() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..11], "Reedline〉");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline echos back input when the user presses Enter.
+#[test]
+fn echos_input() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello World!\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello World!");
+    assert_eq!(&text[1][0..26], "We processed: Hello World!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline handles backspace correctly.
+#[test]
+fn backspace() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello World")?;
+    pty.write_all(b"\x7f\x7f\x7f\x7f\x7f")?;
+    pty.write_all(b"Bread!\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello Bread!");
+    assert_eq!(&text[1][0..26], "We processed: Hello Bread!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline supports history via up/down arrow.
+#[test]
+fn history() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello World!\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    pty.write_all(b"Goodbye!\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    // arrow up
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[A")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[4][..19], "Reedline〉Goodbye!");
+
+    // press Enter to execute it
+    pty.write_all(b"\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[5][..22], "We processed: Goodbye!");
+
+    // arrow up twice
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[A\x1b[A")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[6][..23], "Reedline〉Hello World!");
+
+    // arrow down twice
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[B\x1b[B")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[6][..23], "Reedline〉            ");
+
+    // type "Hell" then arrow up
+    pty.write_all(b"Hell\x1b[A")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[6][..23], "Reedline〉Hello World!");
+
+    // TODO: not sure how reverse search works in Reedline
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline supports ctrl-b/ctrl-f/ctrl-left/ctrl-right style movement.
+#[test]
+fn word_movement() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"foo bar baz")?;
+
+    // Ctrl-left twice, Ctrl-right once, Ctrl-b twice, Ctrl-f once.
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[1;5D\x1b[1;5D")?;
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[1;5C")?;
+    pty.write_all(b"\x02\x02")?;
+    pty.write_all(b"\x06")?;
+
+    // Insert some more text, then press enter.
+    pty.write_all(b"za\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..24], "Reedline〉foo bazar baz");
+    assert_eq!(&text[1][..27], "We processed: foo bazar baz");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Ctrl-l clears the screen while keeping current entry.
+#[test]
+fn clear_screen() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello World!\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello again!\x0c\r")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello again!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if Reedline supports common Emacs keybindings.
+#[test]
+fn emacs_keybinds() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut pty = pty_spawn(&testbin(), vec![], None)?;
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new();
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+
+    pty.write_all(b"Hello World!")?;
+
+    // undo with Ctrl-z
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1a")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello       ");
+
+    // redo with Ctrl-g
+    pty.write_all(b"\x07")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello World!");
+
+    // delete "World" with alt+left, alt+backspace
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1b[1;3D\x1b\x7f")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉Hello !     ");
+
+    // make "Hello" ALL CAPS with alt+b, alt+u
+    pty.write_all(b"\x1bb\x1bu")?;
+    terminal.read_from_pty(&mut pty, Some(Duration::from_millis(50)))?;
+    let text = extract_text(terminal.inner());
+    assert_eq!(&text[0][..23], "Reedline〉HELLO !     ");
+
+    Ok(())
+}