Ghostty
Ghostty is a free, open-source developer tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. It has 62,777 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.
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About Ghostty
Fast, native, feature-rich terminal emulator pushing modern features. A native GUI or embeddable library via libghostty.
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Is Ghostty free and open source?
Yes. Ghostty's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Ghostty?
Download it from the project website or build it from source by following the README on GitHub.
Is Ghostty still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.