👻 Ghostty Config

A clean, opinionated Ghostty setup for macOS

Cobalt darkness · JetBrains Mono · native splits · global quick-drop terminal

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✨ Highlights

🎨 Theme Cobalt Next Dark </td> <td width="25%" valign="top"> 🔤 Font JetBrainsMono Nerd · 14pt </td> <td width="25%" valign="top"> 🪟 Window Padded · 96% opacity · native tabs </td> <td width="25%" valign="top"> ⚡ Quick Term Drops from top on ⌘ ` </td>

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📦 Requirements

Tool	Why
Ghostty 1.0+	The terminal itself
JetBrainsMono Nerd Font	Icons + ligatures in status lines

Install the font with Homebrew

brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font

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🚀 Install

Ghostty loads its config from ~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config

Option 1 — Symlink (recommended)

The repo stays the source of truth; edits sync automatically.

git clone https://github.com/Misoto22/ghostty-config.git \
  ~/local-projects/personal-projects/ghostty-config

mkdir -p "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty"

ln -sf "$HOME/local-projects/personal-projects/ghostty-config/config" \
       "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config"

Option 2 — Copy

cp config "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config"

Then reload with ⌘ ⇧ , — or just restart Ghostty.

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⌨️ Keybinds

Window & Screen

Shortcut	Action
⌘ ⇧ ↵	Toggle fullscreen
⌘ K	Clear screen
⌘ `	Global quick terminal

Tabs

Shortcut	Action
⌘ T	New tab
⌘ W	Close surface

Splits

Native splits — complements tmux, doesn't replace it.

Shortcut	Action
⌘ D	Split right
⌘ ⇧ D	Split down
⌘ ⌥ ←	Focus split left
⌘ ⌥ →	Focus split right
⌘ ⌥ ↑	Focus split up
⌘ ⌥ ↓	Focus split down

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🧠 Why these settings

macos-option-as-alt = true

Lets terminal apps (vim, tmux, zsh) receive real Alt keys instead of macOS typography characters.

copy-on-select = clipboard

Highlight → it's on the system clipboard. No ⌘ C needed.

scrollback-limit = 100000

Long enough to scroll through a noisy build log without losing the start.

confirm-close-surface = false

Skip the "Are you sure?" dialog. If a command matters, I'll tmux it.

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📁 Repo Layout

ghostty-config/
├── config       # ← Ghostty configuration
└── README.md

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📄 License

MIT — use it, fork it, tweak it.

_{Made with ☕ by @Misoto22}