Ghostty, a terminal emulator project, has announced it is leaving GitHub. The decision reflects growing concerns over platform dependency and control, as the project moves to self-hosted or alternative code hosting solutions to maintain greater autonomy and alignment with its open-source values.
A developer launched Headless Terminal, an open-source tool for AI agents to run terminal user interfaces (TUIs) without a display, built on the libghostty library. It enables agents to interact with terminal-based programs programmatically.
Lssh is a terminal-native remote access suite that provides a unified interface for connecting to SSH and cloud targets directly from the command line.
Chuchu is an Android SSH client built on libghostty, offering a terminal emulator for connecting to remote servers. It provides native mobile SSH access with ghostty's rendering engine.
Ghostty, a terminal emulator project, is leaving GitHub due to concerns over platform lock-in, Microsoft's AI practices, and a desire for more open and decentralized development. The project will migrate to its own self-hosted infrastructure using sourcehut and other tools.
Mitchell Hashimoto announced plans to move the Ghostty terminal emulator project away from GitHub due to recurring outages. The decision stems from concerns over platform reliability, with Hashimoto citing that GitHub's repeated downtime has negatively impacted development workflow.