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Ghostty vs Wave Terminal: catalog facts
Ghostty	Wave Terminal
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, created by Mitchell Hashimoto.	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0, with no account required. AI features use your own…
macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
GPU rendering with genuinely native window chrome on each platform Very thorough terminal emulation, including the awkward edge cases	SSH sessions survive network interruptions and Wave restarts, reconnecting on their own Edit remote files in a real graphical editor without leaving the terminal
No Windows build Younger than the alternatives, with a smaller body of shared configuration	Electron-based, so heavier than a plain terminal emulator The block workspace is a different mental model from tabs and panes
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
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 21, 2026

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