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Ports the macOS-specific Zig code behind cfg(target_os = "macos"): - renderer: a GraphicsApi trait with generic::Renderer<G>; Metal backend (all renderer/metal/* files, shaders.metal verbatim, runtime library compile, IOSurface layer, CVDisplayLink), shadertoy -> MSL via naga; OpenGL remains the backend elsewhere. - font: CoreText face, shaper and discovery with build.rs backend selection (coretext default; coretext-freetype / coretext-harfbuzz / coretext-noshape features), no fontconfig/freetype/harfbuzz on Apple. - input: KeymapDarwin via UCKeyTranslate, option-as-alt, mac keycodes. - os: macos, mach, cf_release_thread, NSProcessInfo args and macOS branches; config: macOS defaults, keybinds, Application Support paths. - termio/core: login(1) wrapping, openpty/execvpe, Darwin child exit handling, os_log logging. Compile-checked for aarch64/x86_64-apple-darwin (clippy -D warnings clean) using the cross setup in docs/rewrite/notes/macos-M1.md; cannot run here. The embedded runtime/C API (embedded.zig) is the next step. Also includes the cross-platform integration edits shared by the crash, verification, Windows and macOS work (Cargo target-gating, thread crash-context hooks, apprt-gtk surface/IME refactor, termio/os cfg gates), a cfg fix so ghostty-config builds on wasm32, and an allow for the intentional recursion in the crash overflow test. Test Plan: - cargo test --workspace (3224 passed) - cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings - cargo check --target aarch64-apple-darwin -p ghostty-renderer (with the documented cross env)
ghostty-rs
A Rust rewrite of the Ghostty 1.3.1 terminal emulator for Linux (GTK4 + libadwaita, OpenGL).
It aims for behavioural parity with Ghostty: the same configuration file
format, options, defaults and documentation; the same keybindings and
actions; the same ghostty +action CLI; the same terminal emulation
(including kitty keyboard/graphics protocols, OSC 8 hyperlinks, semantic
prompts, synchronized output, tmux control mode); the same shell
integration, themes and terminfo.
Out of scope: macOS, Windows, WASM, the embedded libghostty C API, and
Sentry crash reporting (disabled by default on Linux upstream).
Building and running
Requirements: Rust (edition 2024), GTK ≥ 4.14, libadwaita ≥ 1.5,
fontconfig, freetype, harfbuzz, Oniguruma, libepoxy, blueprint-compiler
and glib-compile-resources at build time.
cargo run # open a terminal window running your shell
cargo run -- -e htop # run a command
cargo run -- +list-themes # CLI actions work like Ghostty's
cargo run --profile production # optimized build (LTO, no debug assertions)
Development builds find resources/ (shell integration, themes, terminfo)
automatically. Your existing Ghostty config
(~/.config/ghostty/config[.ghostty]) is used as-is.
Installing
just install /usr/local # binary, share/ghostty, terminfo, desktop files,
# completions, man pages, translations, icons
just install /usr false true # system-package layout (lib/systemd/user)
Testing
just test # cargo test --workspace (~3000 tests)
just clippy # clippy with -D warnings
Every Zig test block of the ported files was ported to a Rust test.
crates/ghostty-core/tests holds end-to-end tests that drive the real core,
terminal and a real pty through a fake app runtime. ghostty-bench mirrors
Ghostty's benchmark tool; terminal stream throughput is on par with the Zig
build (see docs/rewrite/notes/perf-P1.md).
Documentation
docs/rewrite/ARCHITECTURE.md– top-down decomposition, crate map, key design decisions, intentional omissionsdocs/rewrite/STATUS.md– work package historydocs/rewrite/notes/– per-crate porting notes, deviations from Zig, audits and verification reports
License
MIT, like Ghostty. Bundled fonts and themes carry their own licenses (see
crates/ghostty-font/res/ and resources/themes/).