I second that, and it just seemed to be lacking features overall, and that was the direction the author wanted the project to go. It was great, but too many things missing for me.
Just recently switched from alacrity to kitty for the ligatures, works great and also has a premium on performance
[1] https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/50
[2] https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/607