Ghostty – The Fast GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator for Linux and macOS
Ghostty is an open source and cross-platform terminal emulator created by Mitchell Hashimoto, the co-founder of HashiCorp.
Hashimoto’s goal with Ghostty was clear: to build a terminal emulator that is fast, feature-rich, and provides a platform-native GUI, all while remaining cross-platform.
What sets Ghostty apart from other cross-platform terminal tools is its focus on a platform-native GUI. On Linux, the GUI is built using Zig and GTK4/libadwaita, while on macOS, it uses Swift, AppKit, and SwiftUI, which means that Ghostty’s interface is not only visually native but also deeply integrated with the operating system.
One of the standout features of Ghostty is its GPU-accelerated rendering, which provides a smoother, faster experience, especially when handling complex processes or multiple terminal windows.
However, given all of this, it only started with releases in December 2024, so I'm going to wait another month or two before trying it out. Some have reported it hogging system resources. The linked article is already out of date though, as the first releases have already appeared in Arch's AUR so are available to install.
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Ghostty - A Feature-Rich Terminal Emulator for Linux
Ghostty is a fast, GPU-accelerated, open-source terminal emulator with native UI, rich features, and cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and more.
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