Ghostty Build Automation

This repository contains automation for building and releasing Ghostty, a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

Latest Version : v1.2.3

Installation

Method 1: Debian Package (Recommended for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems)

Download the appropriate .deb package for your Ubuntu version from the releases page:

• For Ubuntu 24.04:

sudo dpkg -i ghostty_<version>_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install any missing dependencies

After installation, you can:

• Launch Ghostty from your applications menu
• Run ghostty from the terminal

Method 2: Portable Binary

If you prefer to run the portable version of Ghostty:

1. Download the .deb file from the releases page:

   • ghostty-linux-x86_64-ubuntu24.04.tar.gz for Ubuntu 24.04

2. Extract the archive:

tar xzf ghostty-linux-x86_64-ubuntu*.tar.gz

3. Run the binary:

./ghostty

Note: You'll need the following dependencies installed:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev libgtk4-layer-shell-dev libadwaita-1-dev gettext libxml2-utils pkg-config

Building Manually

If you want to build Ghostty locally:

1. Install system dependencies:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev libgtk4-layer-shell-dev libadwaita-1-dev gettext libxml2-utils pkg-config git

2. Install Zig:

wget https://ziglang.org/download/0.13.0/zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz
tar xvf zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz

3. Clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty.git
cd ghostty
../zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0/zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast

4. Run:

./zig-out/bin/ghostty

Automated Builds

This repository automatically:

• Checks for new Ghostty releases every 6 hours
• Creates GitHub releases with version-specific packages
• Generates both .deb packages and portable binaries

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.