Ghostty is leaving GitHub • Hacker News Board

mitchellh wrote: post #26

I know this is ridiculously dramatic, but its the truth: I actually cried writing this blog post (tears hit my keyboard, I'm embarrassed to say). Nobody should cry over a SaaS, of all things. But GitHub has meant so much more to me than that (all laid out in the post). I have an unhealthy relationship with it. Its given me so much and I'm so thankful for it. But, it's not what it used to be. I don't know. We've been…

[flagged]

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#875

Post by s-y » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

tedivm wrote: post #8

It really has been remarkable watching GitHub just crumble as an organization. There's a lot of discussion about why: the switch from being independent to being part of Microsoft, having resources pushed to Copilot instead of core service, the organization structure itself, a reliance on vibe coding, etc etc. Regardless of the reason, it's undeniable that GitHub is facing some serious issues. The unofficial status pa…

i feel like scaling is rarely brought into the conversation. It’s easy to hate on ms, especially with their AI slop narratives, but they did get a sudden and then ongoing influx of users that the system was not designed to handle. It’s the kiss of death and it’s not anything new in terms of product failure scenarios

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#876

Post by flashdesk » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

mitchellh wrote: post #26

I know this is ridiculously dramatic, but its the truth: I actually cried writing this blog post (tears hit my keyboard, I'm embarrassed to say). Nobody should cry over a SaaS, of all things. But GitHub has meant so much more to me than that (all laid out in the post). I have an unhealthy relationship with it. Its given me so much and I'm so thankful for it. But, it's not what it used to be. I don't know. We've been…

[dead]

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#877

Post by xnx » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

JuniperMesos wrote: post #36

I can appreciate Hashimoto's genuine feelings about Github, and the world of open-source software development that it opened for him and that he spent a significant chunk of his life participating in. On the other hand, I can't help but think that some of this heartbreak would have been avoidable, if only he possessed more of the Richard-Stallman-esque attitude that non-free software is inherently suspect and unethic…

I've never understood the enthusiastic sharecropping for Github. It's a reasonable tradeoff to let Github own the public home for your code, but no reason to be happy about it.

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#878

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

antonvs wrote: post #711

idan wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shrug Nothing prevents usage of GH in a decentralized fashion. There's nothing magical about git remotes. Just add some more, figure out a process that works for you, have fun! In reality: when I want to send a letter I don't want to figure out a process from scratch. I want to go to the local post office, buy a stamp, and post a letter. Convenience is a spectrum and different people land in different spots. What irk…

> Nothing prevents usage of GH in a decentralized fashion. Do you mean Git, not Github? Because Github is centralized by definition, “using it in a decentralized fashion” doesn’t make sense.

[deleted]

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#879

Post by peterpanhead » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

I remember sourceforge, not as good.

Re: Ghostty is leaving GitHub

#880

Post by jobs_throwaway » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

bonoboTP wrote: post #725

mitchellh wrote: post #26

I know this is ridiculously dramatic, but its the truth: I actually cried writing this blog post (tears hit my keyboard, I'm embarrassed to say). Nobody should cry over a SaaS, of all things. But GitHub has meant so much more to me than that (all laid out in the post). I have an unhealthy relationship with it. Its given me so much and I'm so thankful for it. But, it's not what it used to be. I don't know. We've been…

I'm a bit lost about the problem. Is it really about crying about outages? I'm aware of enshittification issues in the broader tech field but the post and this comment don't really say what the problem is. If this is supposed to be some kind of signal and wakeup call, more info would help. For context I'm a lightweight Github user for over a decade, mostly putting up personal projects without much collab, and opening…

> Is it really about crying about outages

You mean being affected by the constant outages that make the product literally unusable? If you were doing any serious work with it you might understand.