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

• Ghostty - Reference implementation and home of libghostty.
• 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.
• Restty - A lightweight web terminal library powered by libghostty-vt, WebGPU, and text-shaper, with xterm.js API compatibility.
• Zmx - Session persistence for terminal processes, using libghostty-vt for terminal state restore.

Terminal Apps & Clients

• Echo - A fast, modern SSH and Mosh client for iOS and iPadOS powered by Ghostty.
• Ghostree - A fork of Ghostty with native support for git worktree & AI agents.
• RootShell - The terminal, reimagined for Apple platforms.
• Spectty - A fast native SSH & Mosh terminal for iOS.
• 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.

Web & Embedded Terminals

• ghostty-web - Ghostty for the web with xterm.js API compatibility.
• mdnb - A native macOS markdown editor with git sync + embedded Ghostty terminal.
• pynb - A native macOS Jupyter-compatible Python notebook app with an embedded Ghostty terminal.
• webterm - A web terminal server with a dashboard mode and live terminal tiles, using ghostty-web for WebAssembly-based rendering.

AI Tools & Agent Orchestration

• cmux - A Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents.
• Commander - A native macOS AI workspace for coding agents with diff review, git workflow, and worktree management.
• 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.
• YEN - Terminal-first IDE with native speech-to-text, stylish themes, and custom notifications.

System Integrations & Utilities

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

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.