Ghostty
Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Nix Package Manager
- Homebrew
Features
Properties
- Customizable
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
- Privacy focused
Features
- Cross-Platform
- GPU Acceleration
- Split-screen view
- Tabbed interface
- Support for scripting
- Dark Mode
- Syntax Highlighting
- Portable
- No Tracking
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Multi-tabs
- Font Ligature Support
- Xterm emulation
- Multiple Color themes
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Tags
- keybinding
- ligatures
- Tabs
Ghostty News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Ghostty
Ghostty 1.2 adds command palette, new app icons, quick terminal size, and SSH improvementsGhostty 1.2.0 has been released as the latest update to this cross-platform terminal emulator, intr...
- POX published news article about Ghostty
Terminal emulator Ghostty 1.1.0 brings server-side decorations, IME enhancements, and moreGhostty, a terminal emulator known for its speed and platform-native UI, has released version 1.1.0...
Recent activities
Maoholguin added Ghostty as alternative to Rio Terminal- tintin_yuan reviewed Ghostty
A very beautiful terminal emulator. At first I thought the config file is not as friendly as iterm2's GUI, but later I figure the portability and the sense of control of using config file, and love it
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What is Ghostty?
Ghostty is a terminal emulator that differentiates itself by being fast, feature-rich, and native. While there are many excellent terminal emulators available, they all force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. Ghostty provides all three.
In all categories, I am not trying to claim that Ghostty is the best (i.e. the fastest, most feature-rich, or most native). But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories and Ghostty doesn't make you choose between them.
Ghostty also intends to push the boundaries of what is possible with a terminal emulator by exposing modern, opt-in features that enable CLI tool developers to build more feature rich, interactive applications.
While aiming for this ambitious goal, our first step is to make Ghostty one of the best fully standards compliant terminal emulator, remaining compatible with all existing shells and software while supporting all of the latest terminal innovations in the ecosystem. You can use Ghostty as a drop-in replacement for your existing terminal emulator.
Ghostty information
Developed by
Mitchell Hashimoto Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Alternatives
58 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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OS & Utilities, System & HardwareGitHub repository
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- 1,344 Forks
- 191 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews
A very beautiful terminal emulator. At first I thought the config file is not as friendly as iterm2's GUI, but later I figure the portability and the sense of control of using config file, and love it
Meh. It's not easy to change settings. You need to edit a text file to change anything. The default 80x25 with light purple background is not useful.