Ghostty
Ghostty is Ghostty 1.4. It is ranked #93 on the Dev Radar, in Terminal & editor, first seen 3 days ago and shared in 6 posts (180.9k views).
What Ghostty says about itself
Release notes for Ghostty 1.4.0, released on October 27, 2026.
1.4.0 - Release Notes Ghostty Docs About Ghostty Install Binaries and Packages Build from Source Packaging Ghostty Prerelease Builds Release Notes Overview 1.4.0 1.3.1 1.3.0 1.2.3 1.2.2 1.2.1 1.2.0 1.1.3 1.1.2 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.1 Configuration Linux Features Terminal API (VT) Help Financial Support Ghostty Docs Install Release Notes 1.4.0 Ghostty 1.4.0 Release notes for Ghostty 1.4.0, released on October 27, 2026. Ghostty 1.4.0 is a major release that includes large performance and memory improvements, a 100% complete Kitty graphics implementation including animation and relative placements (the first non-Kitty terminal to do so), SSH…
What people said about Ghostty on X
Ghostty 1.4 is now out! Full Kitty graphics with animation (the first terminal besides Kitty to do it), scrollback compression for much lower memory usage, macOS 27 support, a new OpenGL renderer on Linux, ghostty +ssh, big performance gains, and hundreds more changes. The highlights: - Scrollback compression:…
— @mitchellh, 3 days ago · 4.9k likes · see the post
Seeing my PR included brings a tear to my eye.
— @QuinnyPig, 2 days ago · 56 likes · see the post
Huge. Instant update.
— @kettanaito, 2 days ago · 36 likes · see the post
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Ghostty in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #93 of 8798
- Shared in 6 posts by 6 accounts: @mitchellh, @QuinnyPig, @kettanaito, @cheatyyyy
- 180.9k views on those posts
- First seen 3 days ago, last shared 2 days ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: open source
- Market: Terminal & editor
FAQ
What is Ghostty?
Ghostty 1.4 It was first shared on X 3 days ago and is ranked #93 on the Dev Radar.
Is Ghostty free?
It is open source.
Who shared Ghostty?
6 accounts on X, including @mitchellh, @QuinnyPig, @kettanaito, in 6 posts totalling 180.9k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 31.2k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 21 days, 8.8k tools, 12 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-10-30 20:22 UTC. Full method.