# Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Ghostty-based terminal adding vertical tabs and per-pane notifications, though critics report buggy tab switching and copy-selection problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Vertical tabs and pane notifications (2 comments): "The notification-per-pane with blue ring indicator is exactly right." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080633)) "Vertical tabs for a terminal emulator seems killer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086714))
- Praised as slick and awesome (2 comments): "This is pretty slick, man. The only thing is that the Ctrl-Cmd-] is too hard to press" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080435)) "Awesome work, keen to try it out tomorrow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080878))

## What people warn about

- Copy and selection problems (3 comments): "you never really know what it's going to do on mouseup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080159)) "It doesn't seem to have copy-paste support that I have in my Ghostty" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080494)) "weird copy/selection issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181270))
- Missing UX features, buggy tabs (2 comments): "both your terminal and waveterm are missing an important UX feature" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111737)) "it's a buggy mess. Can't switch top tabs, can't close tabs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47082157))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ghostty](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghostty.md): 401 recommend
- [Termux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termux.md): 188 recommend
- [iTerm2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iterm2.md): 95 recommend
- [Warp terminal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warp-terminal.md): 84 recommend
- [Kitty terminal emulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitty.md): 79 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghostty-based-terminal-with-vertical-tabs-and-notifications/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).