Opening ghostty from cli on macOS

[grapefizz]

Are there any plans for this? Is there any workaround as of right now?

[rhodes-b]

its done on purpose you can absolutely launch it from the cli you need to use macos open api (to match the way you launch other graphical applications)

open -na Ghostty.app --args --foo=bar if you dont want to pass any args dont add --args or anything after it

[grapefizz]

Yeah this works but it opens multiple instances, and if you have quick term enabled and you switch focus to an app thats not ghostty, there will be multiple quick terms and you just cycle through them instead of showing/hiding it. Does that make sense?

[rhodes-b]

Its expected to open multiple instances. Why would running the non open one also not make a new instance? (Just ghostty on the cli)

If you just want a new window I think removing the -n might work im not a mac user so idk

If it doesnt the functionality you are looking for is #2353

None of this multiple instances thing was in your initial question either only how can i launch from cli

[grapefizz]

Yeah my mistake for not specifying, I want to launch a new window from cli to be more specific. Or if only one instance could utilize the quick term that'd also solve my problem.

Oh and removing -n just switches the focus to ghostty and doesn't open a new window

[00-kat]

If you just want a new window I think removing the -n might work im not a mac user so idk

Oh and removing -n just switches the focus to ghostty and doesn't open a new window

Yeah, opening a new Ghostty window in the existing process requires some form of communication with the running Ghostty, which is tracked by #2353. That removing -n does not currently work is expected I think.