Ghostty

Ghostty is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator. Configured with background transparency, blur, ligature fonts, quick terminal, and more.

Appearance

Setting	Value
Font	JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (15pt)
Background opacity	0.6
Blur radius	30
Cursor	Block, blink
Window theme	Dark
Color space	Display P3
Titlebar	Hidden (macOS)
Window shadow	Enabled

Font ligatures

Ligatures are enabled for better code aesthetics.

font-feature = +liga
font-feature = +calt
font-feature = +ss01 ~ +ss05

Cell adjustments

Line height and underline position are tuned for readability.

font-thicken = true
adjust-cell-height = 20%
adjust-underline-position = 10%

Quick terminal

Cmd+Shift+Space opens a dropdown terminal from the top of the screen. Auto-hides when unfocused.

quick-terminal-position = top
quick-terminal-animation-duration = 200ms
quick-terminal-autohide = true

Shell integration

Fish shell integration is enabled with cursor, title, and sudo features.

shell-integration = fish
shell-integration-features = cursor,title,sudo

Keybindings

Tabs and windows

Key	Action
Cmd+T	New tab
Cmd+Shift+T	New window
Cmd+W	Close tab
Cmd+1-9	Go to tab 1-9
Cmd+Tab / Cmd+Shift+Tab	Next/previous tab

Splits

Key	Action
Cmd+D	Split right
Cmd+Shift+D	Split down
Cmd+Shift+Arrow	Navigate splits
Cmd+Alt+Arrow	Resize split
Cmd+Shift+Enter	Toggle split zoom

Navigation

Key	Action
Cmd+Left/Right	Previous/next tab
Cmd+Up/Down	Page scroll
Shift+PageUp/Down	Page scroll
Cmd+Home/End	Scroll to top/bottom

Other

Key	Action
Cmd+K	Clear screen
Cmd+Enter	Toggle fullscreen
Cmd+Plus/Minus/0	Font size change/reset
Cmd+Shift+,	Reload config
Shift+Enter	Newline (Claude Code fix)

Zellij compatibility

Ghostty’s Alt+Left/Right are unbound to avoid conflicts with Zellij keybindings.

keybind = alt+left=unbind
keybind = alt+right=unbind

Theme integration

Running theme-switch updates the ~/.config/ghostty/theme file.

Other settings

Setting	Value
Scrollback	50,000 lines
Mouse scroll multiplier	3x
Clipboard read/write	Allowed
Mouse hide while typing	Enabled
Image storage	320MB
Window save state	Always