Libghostty Is Coming
10 hours ago
- #terminal-emulation
- #software-development
- #open-source
- Mitchell Hashimoto announces the development of libghostty, an embeddable library for terminal emulation.
- The first component, libghostty-vt, is a zero-dependency library for parsing terminal sequences and maintaining terminal state.
- Libghostty aims to provide a stable, reusable solution for terminal emulation across various applications and platforms.
- The library is designed to be cross-platform, with initial support for macOS and Linux on x86_64 and aarch64 architectures.
- Future plans include expanding libghostty with additional libraries for input handling, GPU rendering, and more.
- Libghostty-vt is currently in alpha, with a Zig API available for testing and a C API in development.
- Feedback from developers is sought to refine the API and ensure it meets real-world needs.
- The project is seen as a significant step forward in terminal emulation, with potential benefits for both standalone applications and embedded use cases.