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Tilix vs Ghostty: catalog facts
Tilix	Ghostty
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, created by Mitchell Hashimoto.
Linux	macOS, Linux
Horizontal and vertical split panes Saved and restorable session layouts	GPU rendering with genuinely native window chrome on each platform Very thorough terminal emulation, including the awkward edge cases
Project is looking for new maintainers Linux only	No Windows build Younger than the alternatives, with a smaller body of shared configuration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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