ghostty Command Examples

A fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. Note: all options from the configuration file can also be used on the command-line (using --option=argument). More information: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/reference.

• Open a new Ghostty window (not supported on macOS):

ghostty

• Run a specific command in a new Ghostty window (not supported on macOS):

ghostty -e {{command}}

• List all default and configured keybindings:

ghostty +list-keybinds

• List all actions (i.e. what can be triggered via keybindings):

ghostty +list-actions

• Browse an interactive list of themes:

ghostty +list-themes

• Print the default configuration (including comments):

ghostty +show-config --default --docs