Ghostty is an [[MIT License]] licensed terminal emulator written in [[Zig]]. - [Website](https://ghostty.org/) - [Source](https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty) - [Documentation](https://ghostty.org/docs) > Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. # Notability ## Issues - Seems to misbehave with [[tmux - Terminal Multiplexer]] for some reason? - Much slower to start than [[Wezterm]]. - A month later ([[2025-03-05]]) I built it again with the recommended optimization and it seems much faster and Tmux seems fine, even with my complicated setup. ## Slop Ghostty has a curious stance on [[Generative AI|Slop]]. They are also the only project I've seen that has a wall of shame[^2] for people who waste their time with [[Generative AI|Slop]]. > People who produce bad contributions that are clearly AI (slop) will be added to our public denouncement list. This list will block all future contributions. Additionally, the list is public and may be used by other projects to be aware of bad actors. \- AI Policy document[^1] They also ban all [[Generative AI|Slop]]-generated visual and audio. > **No AI-generated media is allowed (art, images, videos, audio, etc.).** \- AI Policy document[^1] Despite all of this, they allow chatbot-output code and embrace it, even though they have clearly been severely burned by it. > Our reason for the strict AI policy is not due to an anti-AI stance, but instead due to the number of highly unqualified people using AI. It's the people, not the tools, that are the problem. \- AI Policy document[^1] To paraphrase [[Suzy Eddie Izzard]]: yeah but I think the *tool* helps. # Philosophy Created by the founder of [[Hashicorp]] and creator of [[Terraform (software)]]. # Platform Support # Features - Hits ~550 fps on my machine with the DOOM Fire test, which is around ~50 fps more than [[Wezterm]] (also an improvement that is probably unnoticeable to the bare eye) # Tips # References [^1]: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md [^2]: Users with a `-` before their name have been "denounced": https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/.github/VOUCHED.td