Ghostty vs. zt

Feature	Ghostty	zt

Tagline	Fast, native, feature-rich terminal emulator pushing modern features.	The fastest terminal emulator. 88 MB/s throughput. 5.5ms startup.
Website	https://ghostty.org	https://github.com/midasdf/zt
Language	zig	zig
Date Created	March 29, 2022	March 31, 2026
Platform	macos linux	macos linux
File Size	~33.8 MB	~1.0 MB
Image / Terminal Graphics Protocol Support	Yes	No
Sixel Support	No	No
GPU Acceleration	Yes	Yes
True Color (24-bit)	Yes	Yes
Font Ligatures	Yes	Yes
Tabs	Yes	No
Split Panes	Yes	No
OSC 52 Clipboard	Yes	Yes
OSC 8 Hyperlinks	Yes	Yes
Unicode Support	Yes	Yes
Notifications	Yes	No
Kitty Graphics Protocol	Yes	No
iTerm2 Inline Images	No	No
3D Mode	No	No
Inline 3D Support	No	No
Ratty Graphics Protocol	No	No
Glyph Protocol	No	No
Kitty Keyboard Protocol	Yes	No
Synchronized Output	Yes	Yes
Styled Underlines	Yes	Yes
Shell Integration	Yes	No
Drop-down Mode	Yes	No
Built-in Multiplexer	No	No
Config Format	custom	Source / compile-time (config.zig)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty	https://github.com/midasdf/zt
Development State	active	active