We ain't afraid of no Ghostty! (Changelog Interviews #622)

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Dec 18, 2024

Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of HashiCorp and creator of Ghostty, discusses his latest terminal emulator set for its initial release. He delves into Ghostty's potential to revolutionize user experiences, emphasizing performance and community collaboration. The conversation covers the significance of open-source projects, the delicate balance of user flexibility, and the challenges of shell development. Mitchell shares insights from his journey with the Zig programming language and reflects on the excitement surrounding Ghostty 1.0 as it prepares to launch.

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ANECDOTE

Mitchell's Return & Vagrant's Launch

Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of Vagrant, joins the Changelog podcast after 10+ years.
Jerod Santo recalls the Hacker News post of Vagrant in 2010.

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Ghosty: A Terminal Emulator

Mitchell Hashimoto is working on Ghosty, a terminal emulator.
Ghosty aims to be a fast, cross-platform, and native terminal experience.

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Terminals vs. Browsers

Mitchell Hashimoto compares terminal emulators to web browsers in terms of innovation.
He points out that web browsers see many innovations yearly, while terminals see few.

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Mitchell Hashimoto joins the show to discuss Ghostty, the newest terminal in town. Mitchell co-founded HashiCorp, took it all the way to IPO, exited in 2023—and now he’s working on a terminal emulator called Ghostty. Ghostty is set to 1.0 this month, so we sat down to talk through all the details.

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Mitchell Hashimoto – Website, GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

First episode with Mitchell Hashimoto! Changelog Interviews #72: Vagrant and virtualized environments
Ghostty 1.0 is Coming and more at Ghostty 👻.
Zig - Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software.
Warp
Changelog & Friends #53: There’s a TUI for that
Changelog Interviews #511: The terminal as a platform
Changelog Interviews #555: Back to the terminal of the future
Michael Flarup runs Pixel Resort and created the Ghostty icon

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!