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- 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)
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/).