Awesome libghostty

A curated list of awesome projects, tools, and resources built with or for libghostty.

Contents

• Core & Libraries
• Terminal Apps & Clients
• Web & Embedded Terminals
• AI Tools & Agent Orchestration
• System Integrations & Utilities
• Resources

Core & Libraries

• flutter_ghostty - Flutter Embedder for libghostty.
• ghosdin - Odin bindings for libghostty-vt, with a graphical terminal emulator and embeddable quake-style game console using raylib.
• ghosttpy-vt - Python bindings for ghostty-vt.
• Ghostty - Reference implementation and home of libghostty.
• Ghostling - A minimum viable terminal emulator built on the libghostty C API in a single C file, using Raylib for rendering.
• ghostty_ex - Elixir BEAM NIFs for libghostty-vt with OTP integration.
• ghostty-opentui - A fast ANSI/VT terminal parser powered by libghostty-vt, with JSON output, plain text stripping, and a TUI viewer built on OpenTUI.
• GhosttyKit - SwiftPM wrapper around Ghostty's macOS libghostty XCFramework.
• go-libghostty - Go bindings for libghostty-vt with cgo, static linking by default.
• libghostty-cpp - C++ bindings for libghostty-vt.
• libghostty-dart - Dart FFI bindings to libghostty-vt for building terminal emulators in Flutter.
• libghostty-mbt - MoonBit bindings for libghostty.
• libghostty-odin - Libghostty bindings for the Odin programming language.
• libghostty-ohos - HarmonyOS HAR library for embedding a Ghostty-powered terminal surface with native rendering, IME, search, and theme support.
• libghostty-rs - Rust FFI bindings and safe API for libghostty-vt, with a Rust port of Ghostling using macroquad.
• libghostty-spm - Prebuilt GhosttyKit.xcframework distributed as a Swift Package for easy integration.
• libghostty-vaxis - libghostty integration for the Vaxis Zig TUI library.
• libghostty-vt-dotnet - .NET bindings for libghostty-vt to parse VT output, inspect the terminal grid, and build custom renderers.
• libghostty-vt-node - ABI-stable Node-API bindings for libghostty-vt terminal semantics.
• Restty - A lightweight web terminal library powered by libghostty-vt, WebGPU, and text-shaper, with xterm.js API compatibility.
• RoyalTerminal - High-perf .NET 10 cross-platform libghostty based terminal for Avalonia.
• shade - A neovim-centric Swift library based on libghostty.
• sshotty-term - Open-source Flutter terminal library built on Ghostty's VT engine, powering the Sshotty SSH client.
• Termini - A native terminal surface for SwiftUI apps with libghostty rendering, local PTY, and SSH transports for iOS and macOS.
• ts-libghostty - TypeScript bindings for libghostty.
• Zmx - Session persistence for terminal processes, using libghostty-vt for terminal state restore.

Terminal Apps & Clients

• Chuchu - A modern, native Android SSH client powered by libghostty
• conterm - A modern macOS terminal built on libghostty.
• deepin-terminal-ghostty - Deepin Terminal reborn with libghostty.
• Dotty - Terminal emulator built with .NET + libghostty.
• Echo - A fast, modern SSH and Mosh client for iOS and iPadOS powered by Ghostty.
• emacs-libgterm - Terminal emulator for Emacs using libghostty-vt, with ANSI colors, scrollback, and cursor sync via a Zig dynamic module.
• fantastty - A macOS terminal emulator built on Ghostty's libghostty with session workspaces, notes, and live tab previews.
• footty - foot's Wayland UI paired with libghostty's VT rendering.
• Forge - A native macOS terminal multiplexer built for parallel CLI agents and long-running tasks, powered by libghostty.
• forgetty - Daemon-architected GTK4 terminal for Linux, built on the Ghostty VT engine.
• Geistty - Native iOS/iPadOS SSH terminal powered by Ghostty's terminal engine with Metal rendering and tmux control mode.
• Ghostel - Terminal emulator for Emacs with true color, shell integration, OSC 8 hyperlinks, mouse tracking, Kitty keyboard protocol, and incremental rendering.
• Ghostree - A fork of Ghostty with native support for git worktree & AI agents.
• ghosttyfx - JavaFX terminal that uses libghostty.
• GhosttyWatch - Ghostty terminal emulator port for Apple Watch Ultra 2 with voice dictation, Digital Crown navigation, and libghostty-vt rendering.
• gostty - A terminal emulator built with Go, powered by libghostty and guigui (Ebitengine).
• hollow - Terminal emulator in Zig with a LuaJIT scripting layer and libghostty-vt for VT parsing and rendering.
• Husk - A lightweight, daemon-based Wayland terminal written in C++ and powered by libghostty.
• it-shell3 - Terminal multiplexer with first-class CJK input support, built on libghostty.
• macterm - A lightweight, native terminal for macOS built with SwiftUI and libghostty.
• mightty - Experimental Windows terminal powered by libghostty.
• Mori - A native macOS workspace terminal organized around projects and worktrees, powered by tmux and libghostty.
• Muxy - A macOS terminal multiplexer built with SwiftUI and libghostty.
• Nekotty2 - Nekotty version 2, based on libghostty-vt.
• OpenOwl - A macOS native Git GUI and terminal desktop app built with Swift, libghostty, and Metal GPU rendering.
• phantty - Windows renderer for libghostty-vt.
• Quay - A native macOS connection manager for SSH & SFTP, built on Ghostty's terminal core.
• remux - Native iOS tmux client with a mobile-first UI for persistent terminal sessions.
• RootShell - The terminal, reimagined for Apple platforms.
• shellbar - A terminal emulator with a configurable command toolbar, built on Ghostty's VT engine for Linux.
• Spectty - A fast native SSH & Mosh terminal for iOS.
• tildaz - Quake-style drop-down terminal for Windows and macOS, built with Zig and libghostty-vt.
• Umbra - A high-performance, GPU-accelerated Android terminal powered by libghostty.
• VVTerm - A Ghostty-powered SSH client for iOS, iPad, and macOS with iCloud sync and voice-to-command.
• Watchtower - A stacked terminal emulator with an integrated browser pane.
• wispterm - A cross-platform terminal workspace for remote development and AI agents, powered by libghostty-vt.
• ykmx - Yukai's take on a libghostty-based terminal multiplexer.

Web & Embedded Terminals

• browstty - A Zig WASM module that implements libghostty to emulate a terminal in the browser.
• electron-libghostty - libghostty embedded inside an Electron shell.
• ghostty-web - Ghostty for the web with xterm.js API compatibility.
• jupyterlab-ghostty-terminal - A terminal emulator extension for JupyterLab powered by libghostty.
• mdnb - A native macOS markdown editor with git sync + embedded Ghostty terminal.
• obsidian-ghostty-terminal - True Ghostty terminal (libghostty-vt WASM) embedded in Obsidian with multi-split support and file-explorer context menu.
• onyx-shell - Embedded terminal plugin for Obsidian powered by Ghostty's VT parser and Canvas renderer.
• pynb - A native macOS Jupyter-compatible Python notebook app with an embedded Ghostty terminal.
• RemoteTTYs - Remote terminal access to your home PC/Mac from a browser using ghostty-web, with a Go agent that requires no open ports or NAT traversal.
• vscode-bootty - An alternative terminal extension for VS Code powered by libghostty-vt via WebAssembly.
• webterm - A web terminal server with a dashboard mode and live terminal tiles, using ghostty-web for WebAssembly-based rendering.

AI Tools & Agent Orchestration

• ADHDev - Self-hosted control plane for AI coding agents with a libghostty-backed session-host runtime.
• agtmux-term - AI-agent-aware terminal emulator with libghostty and a SwiftUI sidebar.
• AiyuTerm - Native macOS terminal workspace with multi-repo sidebar, persistent split layouts, SSH, tmux, and real-time AI agent status, powered by Ghostty.
• Aizen - Bring order to your projects, environments, and day-to-day work. A macOS workspace for parallel development.
• blink - A modern AI terminal built on libghostty.
• cmux - A Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents.
• codelima - Safely run coding agents in fully isolated local VM sandboxes.
• con-terminal - The native terminal emulator with a built-in AI harness.
• in0 - A native macOS terminal multiplexer with live AI agent status, built on libghostty + SwiftUI/AppKit.
• limpid - A macOS-native terminal for the AI coding agent era.
• moai-studio - Pure Rust cross-platform agent IDE with GPUI UI, libghostty-vt terminal, SPEC-first development, and integrated MoAI-ADK orchestration.
• moss - A macOS terminal workspace for orchestrating AI coding agents with multi-terminal canvas, agent status tracking, and file preview.
• Mux0 - A native macOS terminal built on libghostty, with workspaces, tabs, and split panes plus live status for Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex sessions.
• paulatty - An AI agent team workspace built on libghostty.
• TheCommander - A native macOS AI workspace for coding agents with diff review, git workflow, and worktree management.
• Factory Floor - A native macOS workspace for parallel development with git worktrees, Claude Code agents, and embedded dev servers with automatic port detection.
• frep - An agentic terminal emulator built on libghostty.
• Mux - Desktop and browser app for isolated, parallel agentic development.
• Supacode - An open-source native macOS command center for running coding agents in parallel, powered by libghostty.
• taskers - An agent-first terminal workspace app with a Rust shell, flexible terminal backend, and Niri-like tiling model.
• termscope - Headless terminal emulator CLI powered by libghostty-vt.
• tuidoscope - A terminal multiplexer for TUI apps with tab sidebar, fuzzy command palette, session persistence, and vim-style navigation, built with OpenTUI, SolidJS, and libghostty.
• witty - AI-powered terminal emulator built with Python, Qt6, and Rust.
• YEN - Terminal-first IDE with native speech-to-text, stylish themes, and custom notifications.
• Zentty - A native macOS terminal for agentic development with vertical tabs, hyprland/niri-style worklanes, notifications, and an agent-aware sidebar.

System Integrations & Utilities

• evp - A terminal recorder powered by libghostty and Rust.

• findr - A keyboard-driven file manager for macOS with an embedded terminal via libghostty.

• hauntty - Terminal session persistence using Ghostty's VT parser compiled to WASM, written in Go.

• headless-terminal - Puppeteer for TUIs (vim/emacs/htop/nethack) with a Go CLI backed by libghostty-vt.

• Hot Notes - macOS Notes fuzzy search.

• NeoShell - A shell-first remote workspace on iPad.

• OmniWM - macOS tiling window manager inspired by Niri and Hyprland, with a Ghostty-powered quake terminal.

• OrbStack - Fast, lightweight Docker & Linux on macOS, with a built-in Ghostty-powered terminal.

• reed - Terminal file viewer with syntax highlighting, inline images, and Mermaid diagrams, powered by libghostty-vt.

• Ribari - A niri-inspired tiling web browser for macOS with libghostty integration.

• term2html - A terminal output (ANSI) to HTML converter that respects your terminal colors, built with libghostty-vt.

• Trolley - A terminal emulator runtime for distributing cross-platform TUI applications to end users, powered by libghostty.

• vanish - A lightweight terminal session multiplexer built on libghostty-vt.

• vterm-mcp - MCP server that drives and tests TUI applications via a libghostty-vt powered PTY.

Resources

• libghostty API Reference - API reference documentation for libghostty.
• libghostty is coming - Announcement post introducing libghostty and its direction.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

This repository is licensed under the MIT License.