9 engineers on Hacker News describe using Ghostty first-hand: 3 endorse it, 1 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I've been using Ghostty on macOS and loving it there, but it's quite bad on Linux.”
mixed · personal · quibono · 2026-11-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“dear ghostty why do you make it so easy to move folders, it isn't the best of features and can lead to some honest errors”
regret · personal · Imustaskforhelp · 2026-04-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using Ghostty for a day now and it simply works. Smooth, seamless and perfectly integrated”
endorse · personal · anaumann · 2024-12-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'm testing Ghostty and I'm really liking it.”
endorse · personal · tecleandor · 2024-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using Ghostty for several months now (used Alacritty before that). Ghostty is really, really good.”
endorse · personal · Jarred · 2024-12-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Replaced ghostty+herdr (the TUI) for me.”
neutral · personal · CrompyBlompers · 2026-10-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Ghostty was slightly faster, but then Ptyxis was also faster.”
neutral · personal · kccqzy · 2026-10-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using ghosty + ssh + mosh + tmux + claude code (sometimes codex) for a while now.”
neutral · personal · mkw5053 · 2026-10-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?“ghostty as snap on fresh boot/after a while opens in several seconds vs miliseconds for deb”
neutral · personal · Tooster · 2026-10-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?