Positioned as a performance-competitive alternative to Alacritty, Kitty, and WezTerm, while prioritizing native UI features and modern CLI integration unlike Electron-based or minimal terminals.

Leadership

Founders

Mitchell Hashimoto

Co-founder of HashiCorp (creators of Terraform, Vagrant, Vault, Nomad). Former CTO and CEO of HashiCorp. Creator of Vagrant, Packer, and other major open-source tools. Studied Computer Science at the University of Washington.

Executive Team

Mitchell Hashimoto

Project Lead & Creator

Seasoned open-source developer and former founder of HashiCorp. Leading the technical and community direction of Ghostty.

Board of Directors

Zach Latta

Founder & Executive Director, Hack Club (Fiscal Sponsor Oversight)

Founding Story

Mitchell Hashimoto started Ghostty after leaving HashiCorp, seeking a terminal that avoided the trade-off between performance and native features. He chose a non-profit path to avoid VC pressures and ensure long-term sustainability as open-source infrastructure.

Business Model

Revenue

Non-profit; $150,000 initial family donation from Mitchell Hashimoto.

Revenue Model

Non-profit, donation-based model. Fiscally sponsored by Hack Club, which retains 7% of donations for administrative overhead. Free for all users under the MIT license.

Pricing Tiers

Free

The core terminal emulator and all its features are free and open source.

Sponsorship

Varies

Donations are tax-deductible via Hack Club. 100% of funds (minus 7% Hack Club fee) go to project costs like infrastructure and potential contributor compensation.

Not applicable (Non-profit)

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Developers
Power Users
IT Professionals
CLI Tool Developers

Use Cases

High-performance terminal usage for developers
Embedding terminal components in IDEs or apps
Customizing CLI tools with modern terminal features

Notable Customers

Open Source Community

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Founded

2023

Entity Type

Fiscally sponsored 501

Employees

Total Funding

$150,000 (Initial donation)

Investors

Mitchell Hashimoto's Family

Office Locations

Remote

Funding History

Initial Donation$150,000

December 3, 2025

N/A (Non-profit) valuation

Mitchell Hashimoto's Family

History & Milestones

December 3, 2025

Ghostty becomes a fiscally sponsored non-profit under Hack Club (501(c)(3)).

December 2024

Ghostty 1.0 publicly released as an open-source terminal emulator.

2023

Project inception and beginning of private beta development.

Key Capabilities

GPU acceleration (Metal on macOS, OpenGL on Linux)

Platform-native UI (SwiftUI on macOS, GTK on Linux)

Multi-window, tabs, and split panes

Ligature and full Unicode support

Zig-based high-performance implementation

AI-enabled commands and extensible agent system

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

macOS
Linux
Zig ecosystem
Android (via lib-vt)

Key Partnerships

Hack Club (Fiscal Sponsor)

Connect

Website

ghostty.org

GitHub

ghostty-org

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Ghostty

To build a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that pushes the boundaries of CLI tools while remaining standards-compliant.

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Latest News

12/03/2025

Ghostty Is Now Non-Profit (Fiscally sponsored by Hack Club)

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12/01/2024

Ghostty 1.0 Public Release

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10/01/2024

Ghostty 1.0 is Coming (Announcement)

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Products & Services

Ghostty

December 2024

A fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator with platform-native UI and GPU acceleration (Metal on macOS, OpenGL on Linux).

libghostty

Announced 2024/2025

A C-compatible library for embedding terminals into other applications (already used in the Android lib-vt component).

Market Position

Positioned as a performance-competitive alternative to Alacritty, Kitty, and WezTerm, while prioritizing native UI features and modern CLI integration unlike Electron-based or minimal terminals.

Leadership

Founders

Mitchell Hashimoto

Executive Team

Mitchell Hashimoto

Project Lead & Creator

Seasoned open-source developer and former founder of HashiCorp. Leading the technical and community direction of Ghostty.

Board of Directors

Zach Latta

Founder & Executive Director, Hack Club (Fiscal Sponsor Oversight)

Founding Story

Business Model

Revenue

Non-profit; $150,000 initial family donation from Mitchell Hashimoto.

Revenue Model

Non-profit, donation-based model. Fiscally sponsored by Hack Club, which retains 7% of donations for administrative overhead. Free for all users under the MIT license.

Pricing Tiers

Free

The core terminal emulator and all its features are free and open source.

Sponsorship

Varies

Donations are tax-deductible via Hack Club. 100% of funds (minus 7% Hack Club fee) go to project costs like infrastructure and potential contributor compensation.

Not applicable (Non-profit)

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Developers
Power Users
IT Professionals
CLI Tool Developers

Use Cases

High-performance terminal usage for developers
Embedding terminal components in IDEs or apps
Customizing CLI tools with modern terminal features

Notable Customers

Open Source Community

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Founded

2023

Entity Type

Fiscally sponsored 501

Employees

Total Funding

$150,000 (Initial donation)

Investors

Mitchell Hashimoto's Family

Office Locations

Remote

Funding History

Initial Donation$150,000

December 3, 2025

N/A (Non-profit) valuation

Mitchell Hashimoto's Family

History & Milestones

December 3, 2025

Ghostty becomes a fiscally sponsored non-profit under Hack Club (501(c)(3)).

December 2024

Ghostty 1.0 publicly released as an open-source terminal emulator.

2023

Project inception and beginning of private beta development.

Key Capabilities

GPU acceleration (Metal on macOS, OpenGL on Linux)

Platform-native UI (SwiftUI on macOS, GTK on Linux)

Multi-window, tabs, and split panes

Ligature and full Unicode support

Zig-based high-performance implementation

AI-enabled commands and extensible agent system

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

macOS
Linux
Zig ecosystem
Android (via lib-vt)

Key Partnerships

Hack Club (Fiscal Sponsor)

Connect

Website

ghostty.org

GitHub

ghostty-org

AI Topics

Ghostty focuses on these topics:

Terminal & Session Management(1)

Development Environments(1)

Command Line Assistants(1)

Back to all developers