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Ghostty vs GNOME Terminal: catalog facts
Ghostty	GNOME Terminal
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, created by Mitchell Hashimoto.	Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.
macOS, Linux	Linux
GPU rendering with genuinely native window chrome on each platform Very thorough terminal emulation, including the awkward edge cases	Integrated with the GNOME desktop Built on the widely used VTE terminal library
No Windows build Younger than the alternatives, with a smaller body of shared configuration	Linux only Conservative feature set compared with newer terminals
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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