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Tabby vs Ghostty

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Tabby

8.0
Developer Tools

Terminal emulator, SSH and serial client

Ghostty

8.0
Developer Tools

Terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration

Metric Tabby Ghostty
Category Developer Tools Developer Tools
AI Score 8.0 8.0
30-day Installs 999 43.5K
90-day Installs 3.0K 133.0K
365-day Installs 10.6K 277.1K
Version 1.0.232 1.3.1
Auto-updates Yes Yes
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 69.4K 46.0K
GitHub Forks 3.9K 1.9K
Open Issues 2.6K 186
License MIT MIT
Language TypeScript Zig
Last GitHub Commit 2mo ago 1mo ago
First Seen Jul 4, 2021 Dec 26, 2024

Reviews

Tabby

Tabby is a modern terminal emulator with built-in AI integration, offering features like GitHub Copilot and customizability. It's ideal for developers and power users needing a versatile terminal experience.

Tabby provides a terminal emulator with SSH and serial client capabilities, enhanced by AI-powered features.

Pros

  • + Modern and customizable UI
  • + AI-powered coding assistant integration
  • + Cross-platform support
  • + Active development and community engagement

Cons

  • - Persistent bugs, especially on Linux
  • - Transparency issues in some environments

Ghostty

Ghostty is a high-performance terminal emulator leveraging native UI and GPU acceleration, making it ideal for developers and power users seeking a fast and feature-rich experience.

Provides a terminal emulator with native UI and GPU acceleration for enhanced performance.

Pros

  • + Exceptional performance with GPU acceleration
  • + Rich feature set including native UI
  • + Active development and strong community support

Cons

  • - Relies on Zig language, potentially limiting plugin ecosystem
  • - Moderate number of open issues