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Libghostty 1.0

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A rare 1.0 release, greeted with applause, Emacs nesting dolls, and the eternal iTerm2-vs-Ghostty fruit debate.

Embedders love libghostty
Many report it just works for embedding terminals, citing Ghostel in Emacs, JetBrains IDEs, Sublime Text plugins and tui-test as big upgrades over prior options.
Engine vs terminal split explained
Commenters frame libghostty like a browser engine or LLVM: solve the objective terminal-emulation core once, and let apps build subjective UIs on top.
iTerm2 still has holdouts
Some stay on iTerm2 for tmux integration, search, profiles, image handling and polish, while others prefer Ghostty's simplicity and speed.

Consensus: Most agree libghostty is a well-designed, valuable library that makes embedding high-quality terminals easy, and that reaching a stable 1.0 is commendable.

Recommended in the comments

Ghostel (tool): Several Emacs users say it beats vterm and EAT and just works.
Rex (product): Beta users praise its polish, native feel and excellent macOS permission onboarding.
iTerm2 (tool): Kept for tmux integration, search, profiles, vertical tabs and image support.
foot ↗ (tool): Suggested as a better alternative and being ported to macOS by one commenter.
HPy ↗ (library): Cited as an example of well-designed C API with a stable ABI.
Opus ↗ (library): Given as an example of a pleasant, stable C library API.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 6 days ago.

Points: 1012
Comments: 176
Best rank: #1
Posted: 2026-11-06 by mfiguiere
Category: Open source

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