The best terminal emulator libraries, according to hackers
3 terminal emulator libraries recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All terminal emulator libraries
- libghosttyFree, reusable terminal emulation core that developers embed in their own terminals and tools, praised for speed and easy integration.39recommend
- ghostty-webGhostty's terminal engine compiled to WebAssembly with an xterm.js-compatible API, so existing xterm.js apps can swap it in with little effort. Caveat: Firefox and Safari problems were reported.13recommend
- libghostty-vtA free, embeddable terminal emulation library from Ghostty that other terminal projects build on, praised for handling modern escape codes and for a smooth experience.6recommend