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Resolves RV14 (docs/rewrite/notes/review-rv14-codex.md, final-Z17.md): - +show-face --cp parses as u21 (new U21 field type): out-of-range values give an invalid-value diagnostic and exit 1 instead of a panic; --string accepts raw bytes and fails with error.InvalidUtf8 after the codepoint lookup like Zig. - CLI actions write through ZigWriter, a model of Zig 0.15's buffered File.writer (fixed buffer, drain on overflow, explicit flush), so stdout/stderr interleave in Zig's flush order (+show-face, help, version, validate-config, show-config, list-*, ssh-cache, crash-report, edit-config, new-window). - Zig 0.15.2 std.fs.path.isAbsolute port (Windows: \theme and /theme are absolute) replaces Path::is_absolute at every Zig isAbsolute site. - io_uring is available iff a 256-entry ring can be created, like libxev; the reactor falls back to IORING_OP_TIMEOUT without EXT_ARG. - Windows basename (`λ:theme`) verified against 0.15.2 (test added). Test Plan: - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast - diff +show-face outputs (pipe) against /usr/bin/ghostty
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/).