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ghostty

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator pushing modern features.

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+ +## About + +ghostty is a cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator that aims to +push the boundaries of what is possible with a terminal emulator by exposing +modern, opt-in features for running applications such as first-class TUI +primitives (layouts, panels, tables, etc.). + +ghostty is purposely minimal and provides no multi-window or tabbing support; +it is expected to be used with something like a tiling window manager. Long +term, we want to add support for a richer native GUI experience, especially +for macOS and Windows. + +There are a number of excellent terminal emulator options that exist +today. ghostty isn't trying to claim to be the best in every category +The unique goal of ghostty is to have a platform for experimenting with modern, optional, +non-standards-compliant features to enhance the capabilities of CLI +applications. We aim to be the best in this category, and competitive +in the rest. + +**Project Status:** Pre-Alpha. This project is not ready to be used as a +day-to-day terminal emulator. It can't even render vim yet! + +## Roadmap + +The high-level ambitious plan for the project, in order: + +| # | Step | Status | +|:---:|------|:------:| +| 1 | Standards-compliant terminal emulation | ❌ | +| 2 | Competitive rendering performance (not the fastest, but fast enough) | ❌ | +| 3 | Basic customizability -- fonts, bg colors, etc. | ❌ | +| 4 | Richer windowing features -- multi-window, tabbing, panes | ❌ | +| 5 | Optimal rendering performance | ❌ | +| N | Fancy features (to be expanded upon later) | ❌ |