Ghostty

Mitchell Hashimoto and Ghostty contributors · A free, native terminal emulator with GPU rendering, tabs, splits and shell integration for macOS and Linux.

CaskTerminal & ShellAuto-updatesApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs15,815#10 in App
1-year installs371.1KLast 365 days
Latest version1.3.1yesterday · Oct 7
Download size34MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceIrregular1 release in 30 days
System requirements
>= 13
Platform availability
  • macOS 27 · Intel · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 27 · Apple chip · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 26 · Intel · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 26 · Apple chip · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 15 · Intel · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 15 · Apple chip · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 14 · Intel · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 14 · Apple chip · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 13 · Intel · 1.3.1 >= 13
  • macOS 13 · Apple chip · 1.3.1 >= 13
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{
  "macos": {
    ">=": [
      "13"
    ]
  }
}
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homebrew/cask
Also known as
Ghostty · ghostty
SHA-256
18cff2b0a6cee90e…

Installation and removal contents

  • Uninstall uninstall

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    {
      "uninstall": [
        {
          "quit": "com.mitchellh.ghostty"
        }
      ]
    }
  • Install app

    Source file: Ghostty.app

    Declared destination: /Applications/Ghostty.app

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    {
      "app": [
        "Ghostty.app"
      ],
      "target": "/Applications/Ghostty.app"
    }
  • Install manpage

    Source file: $APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/man/man5/ghostty.5

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man5/ghostty.5

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    {
      "manpage": [
        "$APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/man/man5/ghostty.5"
      ],
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man5/ghostty.5"
    }
  • Install manpage

    Source file: $APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ghostty.1

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ghostty.1

    View full declaration
    {
      "manpage": [
        "$APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ghostty.1"
      ],
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ghostty.1"
    }
  • Install zsh_completion

    Source file: $APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/zsh/site-functions/_ghostty

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/zsh/site-functions/_ghostty

    View full declaration
    {
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/zsh/site-functions/_ghostty",
      "zsh_completion": [
        "$APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/zsh/site-functions/_ghostty"
      ]
    }
  • Install bash_completion

    Source file: $APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/bash-completion/completions/ghostty.bash

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/ghostty

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    {
      "bash_completion": [
        "$APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/bash-completion/completions/ghostty.bash"
      ],
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/ghostty"
    }
  • Install fish_completion

    Source file: $APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/fish/vendor_completions.d/ghostty.fish

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/ghostty.fish

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    {
      "fish_completion": [
        "$APPDIR/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/fish/vendor_completions.d/ghostty.fish"
      ],
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/ghostty.fish"
    }
  • Remove user data zap

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    {
      "zap": [
        {
          "trash": [
            "~/.cache/ghostty",
            "~/.config/ghostty",
            "~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty",
            "~/Library/Caches/com.mitchellh.ghostty",
            "~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.mitchellh.ghostty",
            "~/Library/Preferences/com.mitchellh.ghostty.plist",
            "~/Library/Saved Application State/com.mitchellh.ghostty.savedState",
            "~/Library/WebKit/com.mitchellh.ghostty"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }

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