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COSMIC Terminal vs Ghostty: catalog facts
COSMIC Terminal	Ghostty
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, created by Mitchell Hashimoto.
Linux	macOS, Linux
GPU rendering with wgpu, plus a fallback renderer Font ligatures and bidirectional text	GPU rendering with genuinely native window chrome on each platform Very thorough terminal emulation, including the awkward edge cases
Designed for the COSMIC desktop on Linux Younger than long-established Linux terminals	No Windows build Younger than the alternatives, with a smaller body of shared configuration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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