/build-ghostty

repository to automatically build ghostty on debian based distributions.

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Build and Release Ghostty

Ghostty Build Automation

This repository contains automation for building and releasing Ghostty, a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

Latest Version : v1.1.3

Installation

Method 1: Debian Package (Recommended for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems)

Download the appropriate .deb package for your Ubuntu version from the releases page:

  • For Ubuntu 22.04:
sudo dpkg -i ghostty_<version>_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install any missing dependencies
  • For Ubuntu 24.04:
sudo dpkg -i ghostty_<version>_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install any missing dependencies

After installation, you can:

  • Launch Ghostty from your applications menu
  • Run ghostty from the terminal

Method 2: Portable Binary

If you prefer to run the portable version of Ghostty:

  1. Download the appropriate version for your Ubuntu release from the releases page:

    • ghostty-linux-x86_64-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz for Ubuntu 22.04
    • ghostty-linux-x86_64-ubuntu24.04.tar.gz for Ubuntu 24.04

  2. Extract the archive:

tar xzf ghostty-linux-x86_64-ubuntu*.tar.gz
  1. Run the binary:
./ghostty

Note: You'll need the following dependencies installed:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev libgtk4-layer-shell-dev libadwaita-1-dev gettext libxml2-utils pkg-config

Version Compatibility

  • Ubuntu 22.04 package: Compatible with Ubuntu 22.04 and similar distributions with equivalent GLIBC versions
  • Ubuntu 24.04 package: Compatible with Ubuntu 24.04 and similar distributions with equivalent GLIBC versions

Building Manually

If you want to build Ghostty locally:

  1. Install system dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev libgtk4-layer-shell-dev libadwaita-1-dev gettext libxml2-utils pkg-config git
  1. Install Zig:
wget https://ziglang.org/download/0.13.0/zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz
tar xvf zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz
  1. Clone and build:
git clone https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty.git
cd ghostty
../zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0/zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast
  1. Run:
./zig-out/bin/ghostty

Automated Builds

This repository automatically:

  • Checks for new Ghostty releases every 6 hours
  • Builds packages for Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04
  • Creates GitHub releases with version-specific packages
  • Generates both .deb packages and portable binaries

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.