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Contour Terminal vs Ghostty: catalog facts
Contour Terminal	Ghostty
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, created by Mitchell Hashimoto.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux
Supports font ligatures, Unicode and terminal tabs.	GPU rendering with genuinely native window chrome on each platform Very thorough terminal emulation, including the awkward edge cases
Rendering requires a compatible graphics setup.	No Windows build Younger than the alternatives, with a smaller body of shared configuration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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