ghostty-webgpu

an unofficial ghostty for the web, inspired by ghostty-web and powered by libghostty-vt

damage-aware rendering with webgpu, webgl2, and canvas2d fallbacks. byte-based pty traffic, automatic fitting, and live themes

still a preview. compatibility gaps and migration status

try it

npm install ghostty-webgpu

give it somewhere to live

<div id="terminal" style="height: 32rem; width: 100%"></div>

import { Terminal } from 'ghostty-webgpu'

const host = document.getElementById('terminal')
if (!host) throw new Error('missing terminal mount')

const terminal = await Terminal.create()
await terminal.open(host)
terminal.write('hello from ghostty\r\n')
terminal.focus()

call terminal.dispose() when you're done with it

more

• pty wiring and the xterm-shaped api
• live demo, built from site/ with bun run site:dev
• optional native ghostty config
• replacement roadmap