Ghostty

Best for

People who want a modern terminal that behaves like a native Mac or Linux app.

Why it deserves attention

Ghostty is built by Mitchell Hashimoto as a native terminal rather than an Electron shell: platform tabs, splits, menus, and font rendering come from the OS. GPU rendering keeps large outputs smooth, and the default configuration is deliberately quiet, so it works before you write a config file. The trade-off is a smaller feature surface than terminals with years of plugin ecosystems, and there is no official Windows build.

Can replace

• iTerm2
• Alacritty

Related and alternatives

• WezTerm
• tmux

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