Quick start
Install a release build, start the app, and use the command palette to discover workspace actions.
Start ForkTTY
forkttyInspect the installation
forktty doctorNative terminal behavior
Ghostty provides rendering, selection, clipboard, links, scrollback, and terminal protocol handling.
Workspace chrome
ForkTTY adds a vertical workspace sidebar, tabs, splits, keyboard navigation, drag and drop, restore, and one consistent zoom level across newly opened panes.
Attention primitives
OSC notifications, unread state, attention rings, and desktop notifications work for any terminal process.
Questions
Is ForkTTY a Ghostty fork?
No. It embeds Ghostty-backed terminal widgets inside a separate GTK application.
Does it support split panes?
Yes, alongside tabs and multiple workspaces.
Is it Linux-only?
Yes.
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Get the alpha build
AppImage and .deb packages are published on GitHub Releases for Linux x86_64.
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