Ghostty
7 recommend 1 criticize 7 moved to it 1 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I haven't had a single bug or crash so far.”ritzaco, 2026-10-28original comment ↗
“I switched from iTerm 2 and while Ghostty is a lot faster and lighter”toxik, 2026-10-28original comment ↗
“I now use ghostty it’s faster definitely.”merb, 2026-10-27original comment ↗
“I prefer ghostty to iTerm2 now.”_joel, 2026-03-12original comment ↗
“It had nicer fonts by default, better tab switching that was consistent with the keyboard shortcut to switch to any tab on Mac”archiepeach, 2026-02-02original comment ↗
“and from iTerm to Ghostty, Claude Code essentially converted my configs in a matter of minutes”arnvald, 2026-01-10original comment ↗
“i switched from alacritty -> ghostty, and occasionally use zed.”dfee, 2025-12-01original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“then the subtle usability issues become too much”dimator, 2026-10-27original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from Ghostty to
- Ghostty → iTerm2 (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to Ghostty from
- iTerm2 → Ghostty (4 hackers)
- Alacritty → Ghostty (1 hacker)
- Cursor → Ghostty (1 hacker)
- iTerm → Ghostty (1 hacker)
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