Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. Ghostty is written in Zig.
Install:-
To install in MacOS
# update formulae
brew update
# stable
brew install --cask ghostty
# tip
brew install --cask ghostty@tip
Actions:-
Ghostty supports below actions
Available actions:
+version
+help
+list-fonts
+list-keybinds
+list-themes
+list-colors
+list-actions
+show-config
+validate-config
+crash-report
+show-face
- see all available themes
ghostty +list-themes
- see all keybindings
ghostty +list-keybinds
super + alt + shift + j write_scrollback_file:open
super + alt + shift + w close_all_windows
super + alt + i inspector:toggle
super + alt + right goto_split:right
super + alt + down goto_split:bottom
super + alt + left goto_split:left
super + alt + up goto_split:top
super + ctrl + equal equalize_splits
super + ctrl + down resize_split:down,10
super + ctrl + left resize_split:left,10
super + ctrl + up resize_split:up,10
super + ctrl + f toggle_fullscreen
super + ctrl + right resize_split:right,10
super + shift + down jump_to_prompt:1
super + shift + w close_window
super + shift + left_bracket previous_tab
super + shift + right_bracket next_tab
super + shift + up jump_to_prompt:-1
super + shift + comma reload_config
super + shift + enter toggle_split_zoom
super + shift + j write_scrollback_file:paste
super + shift + d new_split:down
ctrl + shift + left_bracket previous_tab
ctrl + shift + period move_tab:1
ctrl + shift + comma move_tab:-1
ctrl + shift + right_bracket next_tab
ctrl + shift + tab previous_tab
super + page_up scroll_page_up
super + physical:four goto_tab:4
super + backspace esc:
super + w close_surface
super + physical:eight goto_tab:8
super + down jump_to_prompt:1
super + enter toggle_fullscreen
super + t new_tab
super + c copy_to_clipboard
super + physical:one goto_tab:1
super + equal increase_font_size:1
super + physical:three goto_tab:3
super + right text:\x05
super + d new_split:right
super + plus increase_font_size:1
super + q quit
super + home scroll_to_top
super + left text:\x01
super + comma open_config
super + minus decrease_font_size:1
super + a select_all
super + n new_window
super + page_down scroll_page_down
super + left_bracket goto_split:previous
super + physical:nine last_tab
super + right_bracket goto_split:next
super + end scroll_to_bottom
super + zero reset_font_size
super + physical:five goto_tab:5
super + physical:seven goto_tab:7
super + up jump_to_prompt:-1
super + k clear_screen
super + s toggle_quick_terminal
super + physical:two goto_tab:2
super + physical:six goto_tab:6
super + v paste_from_clipboard
alt + left esc:b
alt + right esc:f
ctrl + v new_split:right
ctrl + h new_split:down
ctrl + tab next_tab
ctrl + z close_surface
shift + up adjust_selection:up
shift + left adjust_selection:left
shift + page_up adjust_selection:page_up
shift + end adjust_selection:end
shift + right adjust_selection:right
shift + page_down adjust_selection:page_down
shift + down adjust_selection:down
shift + home adjust_selection:home
For me migration from iTerm to Ghostty is super easy. I'm looking forward to using Ghostty as my default shell moving forward.