Ghostty
No phone app
7.5No. 8 of 38
in Terminal Emulators
in Terminal Emulators
- Recognised40% of the score76
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score81
- Free plan14% of the score100
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux, Mac
Summary
Ghostty is ranked #8 of 38 in terminal emulators on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, macOS. There is a free plan.
Ghostty plans and pricing
All plansGhostty Free Free and open source No commercial backing · no dedicated support team ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
Compared on terminal emulators
- Free plan
- Yesgithub.com
- Supported platforms
- macOS, Linuxgithub.com
- Split panes
- Yesgithub.com
- GPU acceleration
- Yesgithub.com
- Scripting API
- Yesgithub.com
- SSH support
- Yesgithub.com
Facts
- Product
- Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, native terminal emulator.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- Its shared core, libghostty, provides terminal emulation, font handling, and rendering through a cross-platform C ABI.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Rendering
- Ghostty uses Metal on macOS and OpenGL on Linux for GPU-accelerated rendering.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Terminal UI
- It supports multiple windows, tabs, and splits using native UI components.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Themes
- Ghostty ships with hundreds of themes and can switch themes automatically with system light and dark mode.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Graphics protocol
- Ghostty supports the Kitty graphics protocol for rendering images in the terminal.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Shell integrations
- Automatic shell integration is provided for bash, elvish, fish, nushell, and zsh.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- SSH integration
- Its SSH integration can forward environment variables and install Ghostty terminfo entries on remote hosts.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- macOS security
- Ghostty supports macOS Secure Keyboard Entry to protect passwords from other processes.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Distribution security
- Official macOS binaries are signed and notarized by the Ghostty project.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- Ghostty runs on macOS and Linux; Windows support is planned for the future.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Ghostty has no support team or dedicated support resources; help is community-provided through GitHub Discussions and Discord.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Project governance
- Ghostty is fiscally sponsored by Hack Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and remains licensed under the MIT license.ghostty.org · 1 Oct 2026
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Where it ranks on Samsung Mobile US Press
- Best Terminal Emulators in 2026#8 of 38
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Sources
- ghostty.org/docs/about· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/features· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/features/shell-integration· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/features/ssh· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/install/binary· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/help· checked 1 Oct 2026
- ghostty.org/docs/sponsor· checked 1 Oct 2026