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👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

128 mentions on Hacker News by 110 people: 24 stories, 104 comments · first 2024-12-26 · latest 2026-10-28

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  1. I have a fix in my fork: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/commit/95c7fc322802a6... Inspect + build yourself
    comment by zhvihti · 2026-10-28 · in Ghostty 1.4
  2. I actually fixed one cause of this, which is released in 1.4.0. https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/12714 The only other cause I've encountered is if a secure input (password) field is focused, since macOS won't give apps global…
    comment by adrum · 2026-10-28 · in Ghostty 1.4
  3. …is sanitized so invisible and line-breaking characters cannot conceal the effective destination. https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/security/advisories/G... The sensible default is to have it turned off. And by the looks of it Ghostty…
    comment by tjoff · 2026-10-27 · in Ghostty 1.4
  4. …Kitty graphics hints will be next . [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/hints/ [2]: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions [3]: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/2394
    comment by jaywcarman · 2026-10-27 · in Ghostty 1.4
  5. …about: being able to quickly `⌘+F, ⌘+V` - the find textbox does not respect keyboard shortcuts: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/11159
    comment by eclipticplane · 2026-10-27 · in Ghostty 1.4
  6. …requests that waste maintainers’ time. Projects come up with their own way of blocking people ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/.github/VOU... ) but having this be a GitHub feature is a much easier option for most.
    comment by dewey · 2026-10-08 · in New repository settings for configuring pull request access
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    No new Ghostty updates since March
    story by zatkin · 2026-10-07 · 17 comments
  8. …trade-offs are. You should see the amount of iterations a human needs on these kinds of projects. https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty has almost 18,000 commits. So does https://github.com/gnachman/iterm2 . So does…
    comment by hombre_fatal · 2026-09-05 · in There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get
  9. ▲ 1
    libghostty: Use custom memory pool for WASM
    story by tosh · 2026-08-17 · 0 comments
  10. Ghostty is still there though? https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty doesn't seem like a serious effort. And: >My personal projects and other work will remain on GitHub for now. People always talk about "leaving GitHub" but it's all talk.
    comment by sunaookami · 2026-08-07 · in GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability
  11. …official nightly builds from the main branch [0]. You do not need to build it yourself. [0] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases
    comment by lr1970 · 2026-08-03 · in Show HN: Shitty – fast terminal. Memory-unsafe and faster than yours
  12. …years to someone try and attempt something like this. Huge thanks to GH user mikewang817 [1] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/13291 P.S. I changed "agent" to "app" in the title since that makes much more sense. I think…
    comment by boltzmann-brain · 2026-07-24 · in TFormula: Render LaTeX from any CLI app directly in Kitty-compatible terminals
  13. …version. See https://github.com/dakra/ghostel/pull/541 jFYI, Ghostty issue to support 0.16 is here: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/12228 So for your homebrew zig you probably have to: brew uninstall zig brew install zig@0.15
    comment by dakra · 2026-07-14 · in Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty
  14. non-video link: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/13264
    comment by johntash · 2026-07-09 · in Ghostty is getting automatic scrollback compression, using up to 90% less RAM
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    Ghostty/Agents.md - Agent Development Guide
    story by adithyassekhar · 2026-06-25 · 0 comments
  16. …is what is keeping me on Konsole. None of the newer consoles (for Linux) seem to have this. [1] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/2393
    comment by anotherevan · 2026-06-22 · in Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation
  17. Try ctrl + v https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/10099#dis...
    comment by estetlinus · 2026-05-28 · in Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix
  18. ▲ 1
    Show HN: Upgrading GitHub by using Pierre's diffs and trees
    story by clementg · 2026-05-27 · 0 comments
  19. TigerBeetle ( https://github.com/tigerbeetle/tigerbeetle ) and Ghostty ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty ) come to mind as decently popular projects.
    comment by peesem · 2026-05-15 · in Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged
  20. …in ghostty[1] as well, can't wait! [0] https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Control-Mode [1] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/1935#issuecomm...
    comment by seemaze · 2026-04-13 · in Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
  21. GhosTTY accepts LLM contributions, but has strict rules around it: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.m... I accept LLM contributions to most of my projects, but have (only slightly less) strict rules around it. (My…
    comment by halostatue · 2026-03-17 · in Give Django your time and money, not your tokens
  22. https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/tree/main/.agents/com... Is my best guess. The GP is perhaps referring to ghostty repo adding helper files for Llm agents to operate as a cursory look at issues to placate issue submitters.
    comment by righthand · 2026-03-14 · in Sunsetting Jazzband
  23. ▲ 1
    Ask HN: What are some good AI usage policies?
    story by recvonline · 2026-03-10 · 2 comments
  24. …Escape, it made that an easy choice. Works great in Sublime. Have this request open for Ghostty: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/10499 On Linux, there's xremap. It lets you remap key chords on a per-app basis. I'm using…
    comment by bsimpson · 2026-03-10 · in I don't know Apple's endgame for the Fn/Globe key–or if Apple does
  25. I prefer this policy: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.m... > If you can't explain what your changes do and how they interact with the greater system without the aid of AI tools, do not contribute to this project.…
    comment by mglvsky · 2026-03-06 · in A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-Generated pull requests
  26. Nvm. Had another look, and I think I found it? Is it this: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/milestone/7
    comment by mijoharas · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  27. There's a PR out there for tabs in quick terminal https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/9857
    comment by adrum · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  28. …Ghostty to being with, the lack of a scripting API quickly drove me to WezTerm before long. See: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/2353 I hope they prioritize scriptability soon. It's quite important to my personal git…
    comment by MajorBee · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  29. Worth posting here: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions
    comment by gtirloni · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  30. The tip releases have had search support for a few months: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/189 https://x.com/mitchellh/status/1993728538344906978 As Mitchell stated above: > Ghostty 1.3 is around the corner, literally a week…
    comment by retlehs · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  31. …an option for you (I've been using it a ton for a few months and haven't seen any bugs so far): https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/tag/tip
    comment by macmccann · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  32. …14 months old discussion of input latency in Ghostty with comments from the author: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/4837
    comment by ivanjermakov · 2026-03-01 · in Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
  33. …but they are working on stability before a release, which means a pause on new features right now. https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/2549
    comment by aflat · 2026-02-20 · in Show HN: cmux - Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications
  34. …://x.com/mitchellh/status/2020252149117313349 https://nitter.net/mitchellh/status/2020252149117313349 https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
    comment by thatguy27 · 2026-02-19 · in The case for gatekeeping, or: why medieval guilds had it figured out
  35. > Ghostty banned AI-generated contributions outright that's a lie: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.m...
    comment by mgol94 · 2026-02-18 · in GitHub Is Dying and Developers Don't Even Know It Yet
  36. Crazy... https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty
    comment by bastardoperator · 2026-02-17 · in Gentoo on Codeberg
  37. …project. Its Zig 0.15 effort started in August and was only complete in October (see first PR at https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/8372 ). And many issues were encountered and solved along the way. And of course during all of…
    comment by kccqzy · 2026-02-14 · in Zig – io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch std.Io implementations landed
  38. …or asking them to refactor, like they're mentoring a junior dev. It'll just fall on deaf ears. [0] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10588
    comment by mjr00 · 2026-02-08 · in Vouch
  39. …people to spam low-quality slop in what is essentially a DoS attack on maintainers' attention. [0] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10588 [1] https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey
    comment by mjr00 · 2026-02-08 · in Vouch
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    Vouch
    story by dboon · 2026-02-08 · 7 comments
  41. ▲ 1,077
    Vouch
    story by chwtutha · 2026-02-08 · 486 comments
  42. ▲ 3
    Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model
    story by DustinEchoes · 2026-02-07 · 0 comments
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    Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model by Mitchellh
    story by samtrack2019 · 2026-02-07 · 0 comments
  44. …etc., then promotes those to issues once it's detailed enough for the maintainers to accept: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/3558 Later, Hyprland followed suit: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/issues/9854 I'm sure there…
    comment by rmunn · 2026-02-07 · in Stay Away from My Trash
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    AI Usage Policy
    story by mefengl · 2026-01-23 · 273 comments
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    AI usage policy for Ghostty contributions
    story by bpierre · 2026-01-22 · 1 comment
  47. …allows AI-assisted code contributions, which must be properly disclosed in the pull request." https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/CONTRIBUTIN... Mitchell Hashimoto (2025-12-30): "Slop drives me crazy and it feels like 95+% of…
    comment by pella · 2026-01-16 · in Tldraw pauses external contributions due to AI slop
  48. This one was just "fire" https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10270
    comment by jemiluv8 · 2026-01-15 · in Are open source maintainers going to be the main sufferers from LLM
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    Are open source maintainers going to be the main sufferers from LLM
    story by jemiluv8 · 2026-01-15 · 2 comments
  50. …using claude code or other emoji heavy apps to reproduce and the memory grows linearly over time https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/9786
    comment by Maxious · 2026-01-11 · in Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak