Ghostty
Ghostty is a native, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator that aims to support every modern terminal feature (kitty graphics, sixel, kitty keyboard, tabs, splits) while feeling like a polished native app on macOS, Linux, and beyond.
Standout features
- Native GUIs on macOS (AppKit) and Linux (GTK4).
- Supports both Kitty and iTerm2 image protocols plus sixel.
- Built-in tabs, splits, and quick-terminal / dropdown mode.
ghostty.configwith live reload.
Install
Brew
$ brew install --cask ghosttyFeatures
Config fileTrue color
Terminal features
GPU acceleratedOSC 8 hyperlinksWayland native
Media
Pros
3- Uses platform-native UI for a familiar look and feel.
- Leverages GPU acceleration for faster rendering.
- Supports modern terminal features like hyperlinks and Wayland.
Terminal capabilities
- GPU accelerated
- True color
- Sixel
- Kitty graphics
- iTerm2 images
- Font ligatures
- Styled underlines
- OSC 52 clipboard
- OSC 8 hyperlinks
- Kitty keyboard
- Synchronized output
- Shell integration
- Tabs
- Split panes
- Dropdown mode
- Built-in multiplexer
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- Wayland compatible
Config formatghostty
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7
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