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Ghostty: A New Terminal Emulator Written in Zig - Mitchell Hashimoto
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[#32] Ghostty: A New Terminal Emulator Written in Zig - Mitchell Hashimoto
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- Presented by Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of Ghostty
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Mitchell Hashimoto introduces Ghostty, a fast, feature-rich terminal emulator built from scratch using Zig.
Show notes: zig.show/episodes/32 Intro Talk Q&AWhy it's here
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On “Why zig instead of rust?”
…Zig is good for parser-style software.
- Semi-disliked lack of interfaces, expected some implementation.
- Preferred LLVM Vector types from Mojo over Zig.
Turso (Glauber) When they were looking to port libSQL to Zig or Rust:
- Liked consistent cross-target compilation in Zig.
- Liked that both Rust and Zig tooling is well integrated.
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Ghostty (Mitchell):
- Enjoyed the language and felt productive.
- Saw it as better C.
- Liked the leadership and community.
- Liked the Zig build system.
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TigerBeetle (Joran):
- Believed Zig provides the best total program safety, beyond just memory.
- Saw it as better C.
- Checked arithmetics were non-negotiabl…