Another major open source project is leaving GitHub
Ghostty is finding a new haunt.
Mitchell Hashimoto, lead developer of the GPU-accelerated terminal emulator Ghostty, announced today that Ghostty will soon move away from GitHub as its primary code repository.
Happening now
In short: The Ghostty development team is tired of GitHub's outages hurting its ability to ship software. It will transition to a new development hub in the coming months.
In the blog post, Hashimoto illustrates just how pervasive the outage issue has become:
... for the past month I’ve kept a journal where I put an “X” next to every date where a GitHub outage has negatively impacted my ability to work. Almost every day has an X. Just the day I am writing this post, I've been unable to do any PR review for ~2 hours because there is a GitHub Actions outage. This is no longer a place for serious work if it just blocks you out for hours per day, every day.
Hashimoto has been a daily GitHub user since 2008, and in the blog post he expresses sadness at having to announce the move. He'll keep using it for his personal projects.
The background: This comes after the Zig programming language quit GitHub in December, citing the AI preoccupation. Ironically, OpenAI also decided last month to build its own replacement for GitHub.
Mitchell HashimotoZooming out
Why this announcement matters: Ghostty has been making waves since it debuted in late 2024. A project with its reputation in the Linux and wider open source community will probably influence others in its move.
My take: Even before the outages I didn't feel comfortable at GitHub anymore and moved to Codeberg this year. It's a peaceful life.
Diving in
Go further: Read Hashimoto's blog post for the full story.
Support the move: If you like Ghostty and its coming move, you can show your support by visiting the Ghostty sponsor page.
