Ghostty

MIT GPU-accelerated native terminal emulator

Rust / Terminal · OSS/MIT · 62.4k

Reviewed 2026-09-14 · last push 2026-10-19 · repo checked 2026-10-19

What's Good

MIT. ghostty-org/ghostty. Zig core, GPU-accelerated, native macOS and Linux apps. Docs at ghostty.org; source github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty. Fast, standards-friendly emulator you actually window-manage.

The Catch

Vs Zellij (Rust *workspace/layouts/plugins*) and Helix (modal *editor*): Ghostty is the *emulator*, not a muxer and not an editor. You still pick tmux/Zellij or Helix inside it. Official app is macOS + Linux; Windows GUI is not shipped.

Verdict

MIT GPU terminal. Free forever; the window is Ghostty, the layouts are still Zellij.

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