Ghostty Devlog 005
10 hours ago
- Beta testing group grew from 100 to over 350 people in two months, indicating increased stability and feature completeness.
- Ghostty introduced a terminal inspector to help developers debug text-based applications, inspired by web inspectors like Firebug.
- Asian language input (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) was fixed, including multi-codepoint suggestions, edge cases, and Chinese character alignment issues.
- Linux IME input now works properly, with only a small code diff to integrate GTK and Ghostty APIs.
- Custom shaders allow users to apply visual effects like CRT or accessibility enhancements (e.g., for colorblindness) without significantly impacting performance.
- Ghostty aims to match xterm's behavior wherever possible, with ongoing audits and documentation to improve compatibility and fix bugs.
- Over 100 bug fixes and improvements were made, and nearly 50 contributors have sent code, showing strong community involvement.