The first release of the Ghostty terminal emulator has been announced, and it's making waves in the tech community. This new emulator uses GPU acceleration to render content, achieving speeds that are four times faster than other popular emulators like iTerm and Kitty, and two times faster than Terminal.app. Alacritty, another terminal emulator, comes close in terms of performance, but lags behind in terms of functionality.
Ghostty is not just about speed; it's designed to be highly functional and have a native-like interface on all the platforms it supports. The project is written in Zig and is released under the MIT license. Binaries are available for Linux and macOS.
In the domain of hyperlinks, emojis, complex glyphs, and ligatures (the combination of multiple characters to form one), the Ghostty terminal stands out. Even images can be displayed directly in the terminal using the Kitty protocol. The libghostty library is being developed to integrate the functionalities of Ghostty into other applications, making it a valuable resource for developers.
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**Key Features:**
* Four times faster than iTerm and Kitty
* Two times faster than Terminal.app
* Highly functional and native-like interface on all platforms
* Supports hyperlinks, emojis, complex glyphs, and ligatures
* Can display images directly in the terminal
* Open-source and released under the MIT license
* Binaries available for Linux and macOS
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