ghostty-rs/docs/rewrite/STATUS.md

Status

Overall: complete (2026-10-12). All of Ghostty 1.3.1's Zig code is ported to Rust. Linux/GTK app: built, tested, verified at runtime, pixel-identical to the original. libghostty + libghostty-vt C APIs: ABI-checked against the unchanged headers, Ghostty's C/WASM examples run. WASM: node-tested. Windows: runtime-tested under Wine 11 (2758 tests incl. ConPTY). macOS: compile-checked with clippy -D warnings (cannot run here). 3605 native tests; live D-Bus/portal behaviour identical to the original (9 scenarios); terminal core differentially fuzzed against Ghostty's Zig code (390k+ cases, 0 divergences; panic hunt 0 panics); config/CLI output byte-identical to the installed Ghostty. Intentional deviations: DEVIANT_FIXES.md (fix-deviant commits); no known unfixed differences (KNOWN_DIFFERENCES.md lists only unverifiable coverage).

Legend: ⬜ todo · 🟨 in progress · ✅ done (gate passed, committed) · ⚠️ done with gaps

WP	Scope	Owner	State	Notes
P0	scaffolding	opus	✅
W1	vt: parser/osc/color	sonnet	✅
W2	vt: csi/sgr/modes/kitty/apc/dcs	sonnet	✅
W3	unicode + datastruct	sonnet	✅
W4	os	sonnet	⚠️	ensure_locale no-op, flatpak untested
W5	input	sonnet	✅
W6	config	sonnet	✅
W7	font: metrics + sprite	sonnet	✅
S1	vt: stream.zig + simd	sonnet	✅
T1	terminal: size/point/style/hyperlink/rcset/page/PageList	codex astra	✅	full parity; open API requests in notes/ghostty-terminal-pagelist-requests.md
F1	font engine (freetype/fontconfig/harfbuzz, Collection, SharedGrid)	sonnet	✅	run.zig + SharedGridSet deferred (F2)
IO1	termio: pty, Command, shell integration, terminfo	sonnet	✅
C1	cli actions	sonnet	✅	list-fonts, show-face, new-window deferred
T2	terminal: Screen, ScreenSet, Tabstops, Selection	sonnet	✅
R1	renderer: OpenGL base, shaders, shadertoy, size, cursor	sonnet	✅
A0	apprt contract types	sonnet	✅
G1	apprt-gtk (GTK4/libadwaita app)	sonnet	✅	against CoreApp/CoreSurface traits; untested interactively
T3	terminal: Terminal + stream_readonly + StringMap	sonnet	✅	tmux viewer not wired
F2	font: run.zig, SharedGridSet, config integration, terminal shaper tests	sonnet	✅
K1	terminal: kitty graphics image/storage/unicode/render/exec	sonnet	✅	wired (TI)
T4	terminal: render state, highlight, formatter	sonnet	✅
T5	terminal: search + tmux viewer	sonnet	✅	tmux viewer not wired to termio yet
IO2	termio: Exec, Termio, Thread, stream_handler	sonnet	✅
R2	renderer: generic, cell, row, link, State, Overlay, image, Thread	sonnet	✅	kitty update_kitty stub
TI	terminal integration: kitty wiring + PageList requests, remove workarounds	codex astra	✅	1252 tests
CORE	core App/Surface, trait move, state unification, root main, run app	sonnet	✅	app runs; input untested at runtime
V1	headless e2e tests (input/mouse/clipboard/actions) + GTK input replay, fix bugs	sonnet	⚠️	stalled twice; 81 e2e tests pass; handed to V1b
V2	resources bundling (themes, terminfo), INTEGRATION_TODO cleanup	sonnet	✅	termio/gtk parts commit with V1
RV1	Codex read-only audit core Surface vs Zig	codex astra	✅	9 findings (notes/review-core-codex.md) → handed to V1
P1	ghostty-bench port, Zig baseline, perf tuning	sonnet	✅	stream at Zig parity; screen-clone 2.6x
V1b	finish V1: clippy, audit fixes, GTK replay check	sonnet	✅	GTK typing/tabs/splits/copy-paste/font-size verified
P2	perf: screen-clone, osc-parser	sonnet	✅	clone at parity; render 2.4x
I1	inspector (ImGui) crate + GTK widgets + core hooks	sonnet	✅	verified in real app
RV2	Codex completeness audit (every Zig file → Rust)	codex astra	✅	319 full / 28 partial / 7 missing → X1, X2
X1	distribution: completions, vim/bat, man pages, translations, install modes, build metadata	sonnet	✅	byte-identical to installed Ghostty
X2	correctness gaps from RV2 (flatpak, env bytes, case folding, ...)	sonnet	✅	all 10 items
V3	real-app verification: nvim/htop/less/tmux, mouse, unicode, kitty images, paste dialog	sonnet	✅	no product bugs found
DOC	README, CHANGELOG, ARCHITECTURE decomposition	opus	✅

Phase 8 — full scope

WP	Scope	Owner	State	Notes
L2	libghostty-vt C API (lib_vt.zig, terminal/c/, vt.h) + run example/c-vt + wasm examples	sonnet	✅	ABI-checked, examples run
W1	WASM: main_wasm, config/Wasm, os/wasm, font web_canvas face+shaper	sonnet	✅	W1b aligning zig-js ABI
CR	crash/* (sentry envelope, local crash reports, thread context hooks)	sonnet	✅
PF	perf: RenderState render 2.4x, parser SGR 1.5x	sonnet	✅	all benches ≤ Zig
VR	verify IME, paste dialog confirm/deny, quick terminal (niri layer-shell), Flatpak via mock D-Bus	sonnet	✅	fixed quick-terminal link-order bug
L1	libghostty C API (apprt/embedded.zig, main_c.zig, config CApi/c_get, ghostty.h ABI)	sonnet	✅	ABI-checked; Swift app not built
M1	macOS: Metal renderer, CoreText face/shaper/discovery, KeymapDarwin, os macos/mach	sonnet	✅	compile-checked apple-darwin
WIN	Windows: ConPTY pty, os/windows, Command	sonnet	✅	compile-checked windows-gnu
W1b	wasm: align JS imports with zig-js ABI	sonnet	✅
GC	GTK/adw compat fallbacks, bench wcwidth/uucode modes, helpgen generators, cli windows, ssh-cache lock	sonnet	✅
RV3	final Codex completeness re-audit (full scope)	codex astra	✅	397 full / 30 partial / 1 missing + 8 artifact gaps
Z1	final gaps: os/config/cli byte fidelity, rlimit fallbacks, i18n map, build-info source	sonnet	✅
Z2	final gaps: core Windows, embedded init, lib/core/gtk bytes, version wiring	sonnet	✅
Z3	final gaps: C allocator, shadertoy overloads + MSL stride, tripwire, crash minidump	sonnet	✅
Z4	final gaps: webdata mdx, xcframework, lib install + pc, app id, i18n extract, dist, win resources	sonnet	✅

| XC | cross-check scripts: macOS (2 targets), Windows, wasm — all clippy -D warnings clean | opus | ✅ | just check-all | | RV4 | targeted Codex re-audit of RV3 rows | codex astra | ✅ | 26/39 resolved, 13 tail items → Z5 | | Z5 | close RV4 tail items (encoded paths at OS boundaries, osbytes non-unix, shader arrays, C alloc, crash aarch64/Darwin, tripwire test, vt soname) | sonnet | ✅ | 3342 tests | | Z6 | Breakpad-equivalent minidumps on macOS (Mach exception port) + Windows; screen-file open path | sonnet | ✅ | | | RV5 | final targeted Codex check | codex astra | ✅ | 7/13 resolved, 6 partial + 10 sweep groups, 2 regressions → Z7 | | Z7 | type-safe encoded OS strings + all RV5 findings (incl. Mach handler hang, open.rs regression, color OSC alloc) | sonnet | ✅ | 3376 tests, all cross-checks green | | RV6 | final Codex verification + sweep + verdict | codex astra | ✅ | 22/23 resolved; 7 small gap groups → Z8 | | Z8 | RV6 gaps: crash abort handoff, SHELL/PATH bytes, Windows env, show-config round-trip, lib locale | sonnet | ✅ | 3390 tests | | RV7 | final Codex verification of RV6 rows + sweep + verdict | codex astra | ✅ | all prior rows resolved; 9 narrow byte/Windows gaps → Z9 | | Z9 | RV7 gaps + systematic config-string consumer audit | sonnet | ✅ | 3405 tests; flaky TMPDIR test race fixed | | Z10 | byte-typed C API key/preedit text | sonnet | ✅ | 3407 tests; preedit error semantics aligned with Zig by orchestrator | | RV8 | final Codex verification (RV7 gaps, Z9/Z10) + sweep + verdict | codex astra | ✅ | 9 edge-case groups; root cause = escape-encoded config strings | | BX | structural: byte-faithful config value parsing (fields parse &[u8] like Zig) + RV8 findings | codex astra | ✅ | 3428 tests; CLI outputs identical to Ghostty 1.3.1 | | RV9 | final Codex verification + full-scope sweep | codex astra | ✅ | RV8 9/9 resolved; 6 differential gaps (NUL panic, numeric grammar, ...) → Z11 | | Z11 | RV9 gaps: NUL font names, Zig parseInt/parseFloat, C NUL, ASCII trim, ArgIteratorGeneral, diagnostics | sonnet | ✅ | 3456 tests; 202-field differential vs installed Ghostty: 0 mismatches | | Z12 | Zig numeric parsing in VT/terminal/protocol parsers | sonnet | ✅ | 3468 tests | | DF | differential fuzzing: Zig terminal core vs Rust terminal core (Zig 0.15.2 driver) | sonnet | ✅ | 390k cases, 0 divergences; Zig UAF not replicated | | RV11 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD worktree) | codex astra | ✅ | RV10 7/8 resolved; 3 small gaps (0 P1) → Z14 | | Z14 | RV11: bench enum dups, theme NUL prefix, Zig error names in diagnostics | sonnet | ✅ | 3492 tests | | VP | visual pixel parity vs installed Ghostty (nested weston captures, diff, fix) | sonnet | ✅ | 0.020% px diff on test page; tabs/splits/chrome bit-identical | | RV12 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD) | codex astra | ✅ | RV11 3/3 resolved; 3 P3 left → Z15 | | Z15 | P3: per-platform errno names, dot theme diag, z2d stroker port (pixel identity) | sonnet | ✅ | 0 differing pixels vs Ghostty; 3498 tests | | RV13 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD) | codex astra | ✅ | RV12 3/3 resolved; 4 P3 → Z16 | | Z16 | update-channel default, async-backend epoll/io_uring, Windows error map + basename | sonnet | ✅ | 3555 tests | | RV14 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD) | codex astra | ✅ | RV13 4/4 addressed; 1 P2 (+show-face u21 panic) + 5 P3 → Z17 | | Z17 | show-face u21/UTF-8/ordering, Windows isAbsolute, io_uring detection | sonnet | ✅ | + first fix-deviant(cli) commit | | RV15 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD; DEVIANT_FIXES-aware) | codex astra | ✅ | 1 P2 (D-Bus abort → deviant fix), 4 P3, 9 register corrections → Z18 | | Z18 | RV15: D-Bus abort (fix-deviant), open.rs stdin/snap/50KiB, show-face fragments, register fixes | sonnet | ✅ | 3574 tests; 2 fix-deviant commits | | RV16 | final Codex verification (clean HEAD) | codex astra | ✅ | all RV15 resolved; 1 P3 (freetype-only backend) + 4 register omissions → Z19 | | Z19 | freetype-only font backend feature + register omissions | sonnet | ✅ | 3577 tests | | RV17 | confirmation Codex verification (clean HEAD) | codex astra | ✅ | RV16 resolved; 6 P3 (Apple freetype, test defect, 3 inspector, Metal alloc register) → Z20 | | Z20 | RV17 P3 items | sonnet | ✅ | 3582 tests; fix-deviant(renderer) | | RV18 | FINAL audit round (stopping criterion) | codex astra | ✅ | RV17 6/6 resolved; fix: input-reachable assert (P2), FreeBSD build (P2), 2 resource-dir issues, 3 register rows; P3 nits → KNOWN_DIFFERENCES | | Z21 | final fix pass + KNOWN_DIFFERENCES.md | sonnet | ✅ | 3584 tests; fix-deviant(terminal) | | P3 | fix the 6 remaining KNOWN_DIFFERENCES rows | sonnet | ✅ | + fix-deviant(termio) getpgid | | WINE | run Windows code (incl. ConPTY) under Wine 11, fix bugs | sonnet | ✅ | 2758 tests pass under Wine; 2 fix-deviant | | ZWJ | theme search box ZWJ cluster rendering | sonnet | ✅ | | | LIVE | live D-Bus/portal runtime comparison vs original (private bus, nested weston) | sonnet | ✅ | 9 scenarios identical; 2 GlobalShortcuts bugs fixed | | DEV | DEVIANT_FIXES.md register of all intentional deviations (with commits) | sonnet | ✅ | 30 fixed bugs, 11 kept quirks, 18 other | | RV10 | final Codex verification (RV9 rows + full sweep) | codex astra | ✅ | all prior rows resolved; 8 gaps (1 P1 C buffer len regression) → Z13 | | Z13 | RV10 gaps incl. P1 C action len/alloc mismatch | sonnet | ✅ | |

Phase 9 — macOS Swift app → Rust (AppKit via objc2; compile-checked)

WP	Scope	Owner	State	Notes
MA1	foundation: crate, app/AppDelegate, menu, Ghostty.App/Config wrappers, helpers, bundle script, design doc	sonnet	✅	compile-checked; MA2–MA5 on hold pending user decision
MA2	Ghostty/ incl. Surface View (Metal layer, input, IME, DnD, a11y)	–	⬜	after MA1
MA3	Features/Terminal (windows, tabs, styles) + Splits	–	⬜	after MA1
MA4	QuickTerminal, Command Palette, Settings, About, Clipboard, Global Keybinds, Secure Input, Services, App Icon	–	⬜	after MA1
MA5	AppleScript, Update (Sparkle), App Intents (assess)	–	⬜	after MA1

Log

• 2026-10-11: Phase 0 complete; Phase 1 launched.
• 2026-10-11: vt (W1+W2) and font sprite (W7) committed; S1 + T1 launched.
• 2026-10-11: Phase 1 done (vt, unicode, datastruct, os, input, config, font sprite). F1, IO1, C1 launched; T1 (Codex) still running.
• 2026-10-11: termio IO1 + font F1 committed. T1 partial (snapshot reflow, head-walking pins) → Codex round 2 in worktree. T2, R1 launched.
• 2026-10-11: cli, apprt contract, renderer base committed. G1 (GTK) launched.
• 2026-10-11: Screen committed. T3, F2 launched.
• 2026-10-11: F2 committed; K1 launched.
• 2026-10-11: Terminal committed (849 tests). T4, T5, IO2 launched.
• 2026-10-11: PageList parity merged (913 tests, 0 ignored). T4 committed; R2 launched.
• 2026-10-11: T5, K1 committed (1243 terminal tests). Codex TI launched.
• 2026-10-11: GTK runtime committed; terminal integration pass done (1252 tests, 0 ignored).
• 2026-10-11: IO2, R2 committed. CORE integration launched (Phase 6).
• 2026-10-12: CORE committed — cargo run opens a working terminal (2890 tests). Phase 7 verification: V1, V2, RV1 launched.
• 2026-10-12: P1 (perf parity on terminal-stream) and V2 cleanup committed.
• 2026-10-12: V1 stalled (large transcript); restarted fresh as V1b. P2 launched.
• 2026-10-12: V1b + P2 committed (2983 tests). I1 inspector + RV2 completeness audit launched.
• 2026-10-12: I1, X1, X2 committed (3037 tests). Docs written. V3 real-app verification running.
• 2026-10-12: V3 verification passed, final polish (nightly fmt) done. Rewrite complete.
• 2026-10-12: Stop-hook review: 'full end-to-end' not met → Phase 8 (full scope) started.
• 2026-10-12: Phase 8 batch A + M1/WIN/W1b committed (3224 tests). L1, GC launched.
• 2026-10-12: L1 (libghostty) + GC committed (3278 tests). Final completeness re-audit RV3 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV3 re-audit: 397/428 full. Z1–Z4 launched for all remaining rows.
• 2026-10-12: Z1–Z4 committed (3327 tests); cross-check scripts added and passing; RV4 running.
• 2026-10-12: Z5 committed (3342 tests, all cross-checks green). Z6 (macOS/Windows minidumps) launched.
• 2026-10-12: Z6 committed (3348 tests). RV5 found remaining byte-path leaks + 2 regressions → Z7 (structural fix).
• 2026-10-12: Z7 committed (EncodedOs newtype; 3376 tests). RV6 final verification running.
• 2026-10-12: Z8 committed (3390 tests, cross-checks green). RV7 running.
• 2026-10-12: Z9 committed (audit table in notes/final-Z9.md). Z10 launched; RV8 after.
• 2026-10-12: Z10 committed (3407 tests, all cross-checks green). RV8 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV8: gap count stalled (escape design). Codex BX structural refactor launched.
• 2026-10-12: BX committed (3428 tests, all cross-checks green, oracle diffs clean). RV9 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV9: all RV8 rows resolved; 6 new differential gaps → Z11.
• 2026-10-12: Z11 committed (3456 tests). Z12 launched; RV10 after.
• 2026-10-12: Z12 committed (3468 tests). DF (Zig-vs-Rust differential fuzzing) + RV10 launched.
• 2026-10-12: User: fix (don't replicate) genuine Zig memory bugs → AGENT_GUIDE rule 2. User: aim for pixel-identical look → VP launched. Z13 + DF committed.
• 2026-10-12: RV11: down to 3 small gaps (bench args, theme NUL, error names) → Z14. VP still running.
• 2026-10-12: VP + Z14 committed (3492 tests, all cross-checks green). RV12 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV12: only 3 P3 items remain → Z15.
• 2026-10-12: Z15 committed — rendering now pixel-identical to Ghostty 1.3.1 (production build, all scenarios). RV13 running.
• 2026-10-12: Z16 committed (3555 tests). RV14 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV14 → Z17 launched.
• 2026-10-12: User: mark intentional deviations as fix-deviant(...) commits + register. Z17 committed as parity commit + fix-deviant(cli).
• 2026-10-12: Gate green (3569 tests, all cross-checks). RV15 running.
• 2026-10-12: Z18 committed (parity + fix-deviant(gtk) + fix-deviant(os)); gate green; RV16 running.
• 2026-10-12: Z19 committed (feat(font) + fix-deviant(os)). RV17 running.
• 2026-10-12: RV17 (Codex needed defensive framing after a false-positive cyber flag) → Z20.
• 2026-10-12: Z20 committed (parity + fix-deviant(renderer)). RV18 running.
• 2026-10-12: User: avoid endless review loop → stopping criterion: RV18 is the final audit; Z21 final fixes; P3 nits recorded, not chased.
• 2026-10-12: Z21 committed; project closed out per stopping criterion.
• 2026-10-12: Stop-hook: fix remaining P3s (legit) and runtime-test Windows under Wine (found installed). No further audit rounds.
• 2026-10-12: P3 + WINE committed (1 parity + 3 fix-deviant commits). Windows now runtime-tested under Wine (2758 pass).
• 2026-10-12: All remaining legit items fixed (P3 rows, Wine runtime testing, ZWJ). Final gate: 3602 native tests, 2758 under Wine, all cross-checks green. Done.
• 2026-10-12: Stop-hook: live D-Bus/portal behaviour still unexercised → LIVE launched (private buses; user session untouched).
• 2026-10-12: LIVE committed (3605 tests). Remaining unverifiable here: native macOS, native Windows (Wine-tested), IME (no input-method daemon installed).
• 2026-10-12: Stop-hook: Swift macOS app is part of Ghostty 1.3.1 → Phase 9 (port to Rust/AppKit) started with MA1.