Ghostty 1.4.0

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ghostty 1.4 adds 100% Kitty graphics protocol coverage, Kitty clipboard (OSC 5522), scrollback compression, and a new OpenGL renderer for Linux.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ • Adds new clipboard capabilities: the Kitty clipboard protocol (OSC 5522) on macOS and GTK, letting terminal programs read and write arbitrary clipboard formats (images, HTML) and select among available formats; paste events via mode 5522 so programs can learn what formats a paste contains, enabling pasted-image acceptance; and a new `clipboard-write-limit-bytes` configuration (default 64 MiB) that caps the size of a single clipboard write, with over-limit writes failing and leaving the clipboard untouched.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ • Transparently compresses scrollback that isn't visible, reducing physical memory usage by 70–90% for typical text-heavy history; compression runs only while the terminal is idle and decompresses on demand. • Raises the default scrollback limit from 10 MB to 50 MB per terminal, made possible by scrollback compression. • Adds support for Kitty graphics animation and relative placements, making Ghostty the first non-Kitty terminal to achieve 100% coverage of the published Kitty graphics specification. • Introduces a new OpenGL rendering pipeline on Linux and FreeBSD using EGL on its own thread, exporting frames as DMABUFs with triple-buffering, eliminating blurry text under fractional display scaling. • Adds split drag-and-drop rearrangement on GTK, allowing splits to be dragged to any side of any split across tabs and windows. • Adds macOS 27 (Golden Gate) support while maintaining compatibility back to macOS 13 (Ventura). Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty

Ghostty 1.3.1

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ghostty 1.3.1 adds `progress-style`, title bindings, and macOS mouse fixes • Adds `progress-style` configuration option to control OSC 9;4 progress bar visibility, including the ability to disable them entirely • Adds `set_surface_title:` and `set_tab_title:<title>` binding actions for setting window or tab titles from keybinds • Enables `~/` expansion in the `working-directory` configuration path Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.3.0</h1> <p>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.3 adds scrollback search, native scrollbars, command notifications, key tables, and AppleScript support • Adds `cmd+f` (macOS) / `ctrl+shift+f` (GTK) for scrollback search with configurable keybinds • Adds native overlay scrollbars controlled by `scrollbar` config option • Enables `click-to-move-cursor` in shell prompts via OSC 133 support • Adds `notify-on-command-finish`, `notify-on-command-finish-action`, and `notify-on-command-finish-after` configuration options • Introduces key tables, chained keybinds, and `catch_all` special key to the keybind system • Adds `tab-inherit-working-directory` and `split-inherit-working-directory` config keys for fine-grained directory inheritance control • Enriches clipboard copy with `vt` format support via the `copy_to_clipboard` binding parameter Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.2.1</h1> <p>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.2.1 adds precision mouse-scroll-multiplier syntax and auto PATH injection via GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR • `mouse-scroll-multiplier` config now accepts `precision:<value>` and `discrete:<value>` keys for independent scrolling control. • Shell integration scripts automatically add `GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR` to `PATH` to ensure the binary is available after shell PATH resets. • `+list-themes` CLI command now includes cursor and selection colors in its preview output. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.2.0</h1> <p>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.2.0 adds command palette, SSH terminfo/env opt-in features, custom shaders, background images, progress bars, and quick terminal sizing. • `toggle_command_palette` keybind action enables a new UI command palette accessible via `ctrl+shift+p` (GTK) or `cmd+shift+p` (macOS) to invoke keybind actions • `ssh-env` opt-in feature sets TERM=xterm-256color and forwards env vars for SSH sessions with legacy remote machines • `ssh-terminfo` opt-in feature copies local Ghostty terminfo to the remote host to enable full feature support over SSH • New `quick-terminal-size` configuration key allows percentage or pixel sizing (e.g., `25%`, `600px`) and supports comma-separated primary/secondary axis values for the quick terminal window • `background-image` configuration key allows specifying a terminal background image with supporting keys: `background-image-opacity`, `background-image-position`, `background-image-fit`, and `background-image-repeat` • Custom shaders now receive cursor state information, enabling effects like trails or smears on the cursor via custom shader logic Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.1.1</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.1.1 adds X11 Server-Side Decorations via `window-decoration = server` and fixes critical regressions. • `window-decoration = server` now enables Server Side Decorations (SSD) on Linux X11, allowing Ghostty to use native window chrome on more desktop environments. • `macos-icon` configuration option added to macOS builds to select alternate artist-drawn icon choices. • `WINDOWID` environment variable is now set by the GTK backend containing the X11 window ID. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.1.0</h1> <p>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.1 adds performable keybindings, SSD support on Linux, new split/divider configs, and macOS alpha blending controls • `keybind` now supports the `performable:` prefix to only consume input if an action has a meaningful 'perform' state (e.g., copy) • The `window-decoration` configuration option accepts new values `auto`, `server`, and `none` alongside `client` to control Server-Side Decorations (SSD) on Linux Wayland • New keybinding actions: `copy_url_to_clipboard` to copy URLs under the cursor, and `close_tab` to close a tab and its splits • The `alpha-blending` configuration option is added on macOS with values `native`, `linear`, and `linear-corrected` to control color blending behavior • The `quick-terminal-space-behavior` configuration option controls whether the quick terminal follows or remains on a macOS space when switched Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> <article> <h1>Ghostty 1.0.1</h1> <p>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</p> Ghostty 1.0.1 adds default config generation, bitmap font support, and confirm-close-surface keybind action • Adds automatic creation of a commented default configuration file on launch when no existing config is found • Adds support for loading bitmap fonts (with embedded glyph bitmaps) via CoreText on macOS and FreeType on Linux • Adds `confirm-close-surface` keybind action option to force the close confirmation dialog • Adds shorthand hex color value parsing (e.g., `#ABC`) • Adds window title bar foreground and background configuration options for GTK: `window-titlebar-foreground` and `window-titlebar-background` Breaking changes: • The source tarball name changed from `ghostty-source.tar.gz` to `ghostty-${VERSION}.tar.gz` • The extracted directory name changed from `ghostty-source` to `ghostty-${VERSION}` Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/ghostty </article> </main></body></html>

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