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Ghostty is now non-profit

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Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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Really nice to see a solidly valuable project develop a sustainable foundation instead of turning into yet another VC-backed devtools startup that will inevitably die in a few years.

"sustainable foundation" it's still one guy funding it, no? seems as sustainable as before

You can't build a house without the foundation (pun intended).

I said in the linked post that I remain the largest donor, but this helps lay bricks such that we can build a sustainable community that doesn't rely on me financially or technically. There simply wasn't a vehicle before that others could even join in financially. Now there is.

All of the above was mentioned in the post. If you want more details, please read it. I assume you didn't.

I'll begin some donor reach out and donor relationship work eventually. The past few months has been enough work simply coordinating this process, meeting with accountants and lawyers to figure out the right path forward, meeting with other software foundations to determine proper processes etc. I'm going to take a breather, then hop back in. :)

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good. Maybe they'll add search to the terminal now. /s

https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/1993728538344906978 - "Ghostty on macOS now has search [...] GTK to follow soon" - November 26th 2025

GTK is also merged. Main branch has search. Its also exposed via libghostty for embedders.

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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The only thing I am missing now from Ghostty is being able to open it in any open Finder folder with a keyboard shortcut(like standard Ubuntu terminal). Ghostty already provides Finder-specific GUI shortcut but you need to use a mouse. Otherwise, stellar work(especially the ease of configuring it) and congrats to everyone involved!

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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post #15

The only thing I am missing now from Ghostty is being able to open it in any open Finder folder with a keyboard shortcut(like standard Ubuntu terminal). Ghostty already provides Finder-specific GUI shortcut but you need to use a mouse. Otherwise, stellar work(especially the ease of configuring it) and congrats to everyone involved!

Can you not bind the command "open ." to a keybind through Ghostty?

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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post #17
post #15

The only thing I am missing now from Ghostty is being able to open it in any open Finder folder with a keyboard shortcut(like standard Ubuntu terminal). Ghostty already provides Finder-specific GUI shortcut but you need to use a mouse. Otherwise, stellar work(especially the ease of configuring it) and congrats to everyone involved!

Can you not bind the command "open ." to a keybind through Ghostty?

I think they are looking for the opposite: open a Ghostty window from Finder.

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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post #15

The only thing I am missing now from Ghostty is being able to open it in any open Finder folder with a keyboard shortcut(like standard Ubuntu terminal). Ghostty already provides Finder-specific GUI shortcut but you need to use a mouse. Otherwise, stellar work(especially the ease of configuring it) and congrats to everyone involved!

You can set a keyboard shortcut for that GUI menu entry (and most others) in macOS system settings.

Re: Ghostty is now non-profit

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post #17
post #15

The only thing I am missing now from Ghostty is being able to open it in any open Finder folder with a keyboard shortcut(like standard Ubuntu terminal). Ghostty already provides Finder-specific GUI shortcut but you need to use a mouse. Otherwise, stellar work(especially the ease of configuring it) and congrats to everyone involved!

Can you not bind the command "open ." to a keybind through Ghostty?

Wrong direction. OP wants to open Ghostty from a Finder window, not vice versa.
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