Ghostty (GLFW Nightly) is a lightweight variant of the Ghostty terminal emulator built using the GLFW windowing backend instead of GTK. It provides maximum startup speed and minimal memory footprint on Linux desktops.
Features:
- GPU-accelerated rendering powered by the GLFW windowing backend
- Extremely fast startup time and low memory consumption without GTK overhead
- Advanced terminal protocol support including Kitty graphics and truecolor
- Full support for multi-window workflows, custom keybindings, and shell integrations
- Ideal for minimalist desktop environments, tiling window managers, and Wayland/X11
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