- apprt-gtk: Ghostty's runtime+build-time version gating (at_least)
with cargo features adw_1_3/adw_1_4/adw_1_5/gtk_4_16 (default on) and
the fallbacks for older libraries: MessageDialog (adw < 1.5),
clipboard dialog without SwitchRow, pre-Banner debug warning and
child-exited widgets, the old about dialog, GTK 4.16 CSS error source
bytes. The minimum stays GTK 4.14 / libadwaita 1.5 (Ghostty's floor).
The root build links with -z lazy so version-gated symbols don't keep
older libraries from loading.
- ghostty-helpgen (port of helpgen.zig) generates CLI action help and
keybinding action docs from doc comments at build time, replacing the
checked-in help/*.txt; +help and +list-actions --docs stay
byte-identical to Ghostty 1.3.1.
- ghostty-bench: libc wcwidth mode and separate simd/table and
uucode/table code paths like Zig.
- ghostty-cli: Windows branches of edit-config, list-colors,
list-keybinds and boo; ssh-cache DiskCache flock locking (no-op on
Windows, as in Zig) with an exclusivity test.
Test Plan:
- cargo test --workspace
- diff <(cargo run -q -- +list-actions --docs) \
<(ghostty +list-actions --docs)
Ports Ghostty's build-data helpers (main_build_data.zig, src/extra/*,
build/mdgen) as the ghostty-build-data binary: bash/zsh/fish
completions, Vim syntax/ftdetect/ftplugin/compiler, Sublime syntax (also
used by bat), terminfo source and ghostty(1)/ghostty(5) markdown. With
the version set to the installed 1.3.1-arch2, all generated files are
byte-identical to the installed Ghostty's.
- `just docs` renders man pages and HTML with pandoc.
- po/: Ghostty's 29 translation catalogs; `just locales` compiles them
into the com.mitchellh.ghostty gettext domain.
- `just install PREFIX FLATPAK SYSTEM_PACKAGE` installs everything incl.
terminfo text/termcap outputs and mirrors GhosttyResources.zig install
modes (Flatpak D-Bus template without systemd; lib/systemd/user for
system packages).
- Build metadata (version, tip/stable channel, commit, build mode) is
derived at build time like build_config.zig; GTK/libadwaita
compile-time versions come from pkg-config instead of constants.
Test Plan:
- cargo run -p ghostty-build-data -- +bash | diff - \
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ghostty (same for zsh/fish/vim)
- just install /tmp/prefix
This is the integration step that turns the ported crates into a working
terminal: `cargo run` now opens a GTK window running the user's shell.
ghostty-core ports App.zig, Surface.zig (split into keyboard, mouse,
binding, clipboard and config submodules), surface_mouse.zig and
global.zig, and implements the runtime traits. perform_binding_action
handles every binding action.
Cross-crate integration:
- The core<->runtime traits (CoreApp, CoreSurface, RtApp, RtSurface,
Waker) move from apprt-gtk into ghostty_apprt::runtime_api so the core
stays runtime-agnostic; Scrollbar/RendererHealth stand-ins are replaced
by the real terminal/renderer types.
- termio now uses ghostty_renderer::state::{State, SharedState}; the
renderer calls kitty_update; image-storage-limit is applied at init
and on config change.
- The search thread locks the terminal through a TerminalLock trait so
it can share the render state mutex; termio's Wakeup gained a hook to
wake the renderer thread.
- apprt-gtk: GL proc addresses are resolved through libepoxy's
epoxy_glFoo pointer variables (plain glFoo symbols resolved to null),
default DPI fixed to 96, libadwaita version read without GTK init so
--version works headless.
The root binary dispatches +actions to ghostty-cli (list-fonts,
show-face and new-window are now wired) and otherwise runs the GTK app
with the real core.
Verified at runtime on Wayland and X11: shell prompt and colored output
render, child exit closes the window cleanly. Not yet verified: keyboard
and mouse input, clipboard, IME, tabs and splits (no key injection was
possible in this environment). GHOSTTY_DEBUG_SCREENSHOT=<png> dumps the
renderer's last frame for headless checks.
Test Plan:
- cargo test --workspace (2890 passed)
- cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
- GSETTINGS_BACKEND=memory GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR=/usr/share/ghostty \
cargo run
Ports ZIG/src/apprt/gtk into ghostty-apprt-gtk: every GObject class
(application, window, tab, split tree, surface + scrolled window,
child-exited banner, search/key-state/resize overlays, command palette,
global shortcuts, all dialogs, config wrapper) as glib subclasses with
the same GType names, properties, signals and template children; GDK
key translation; X11 and Wayland window-protocol helpers (blur, CSD,
quick terminal via gtk4-layer-shell); single-instance D-Bus IPC;
gsettings; cgroup scope creation.
build.rs compiles Ghostty's blueprints with blueprint-compiler and
bundles UI, CSS and icons into a gresource, as Ghostty's build does.
The core is not ported yet, so the crate defines the boundary it needs
in src/core.rs (CoreApp, CoreSurface, RtApp, RtSurface, Waker); the
spec is in docs/rewrite/notes/ghostty-apprt-gtk.md. ghostty-core will
implement these traits (the crate no longer depends on core to avoid a
cycle). examples/demo.rs runs the app with a dummy core that clears the
GLArea; it launches on Wayland without GTK criticals.
Stubs/open items: toggle_visibility, float_window, secure_input and
close_all_windows return false; inspector is a no-op; X11/Wayland
protocol code is untested against real compositors; gtk4-rs doesn't
expose the GLArea framebuffer id, so the renderer must query it.
Also registers ghostty-apprt and ghostty-cli in workspace.dependencies.
Test Plan:
- cargo test -p ghostty-apprt-gtk (36 tests)
- DEMO_QUIT_AFTER_MS=3000 cargo run -p ghostty-apprt-gtk --example demo
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