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Overview

Ghostty is a modern, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator that provides excellent performance and native OS integration. The configuration uses the TokyoNight Night theme with the Monocraft font for a retro yet modern aesthetic.

Configuration

The Ghostty configuration is minimal and focused, located at .config/ghostty/config:
theme = TokyoNight Night
# background-opacity = 0.95
window-decoration = none
font-family = Monocraft

Key features

Theme

TokyoNight Night provides a dark, easy-on-the-eyes color scheme

Font

Monocraft gives a unique pixel-art aesthetic to the terminal

Window

No window decorations for a clean, distraction-free interface

Performance

GPU acceleration ensures smooth rendering

Theme

The TokyoNight Night theme provides a carefully crafted dark color scheme designed to reduce eye strain during extended coding sessions.
The theme is applied with a single line:
theme = TokyoNight Night

Font configuration

Monocraft is a monospaced pixel-art font that brings a retro gaming aesthetic to your terminal:
font-family = Monocraft

Window settings

For a clean, minimal appearance, window decorations are disabled:
window-decoration = none
The background opacity is commented out by default, but can be enabled by uncommenting the line and adjusting the value between 0 and 1.

Optional transparency

To enable background transparency, uncomment and adjust the opacity value:
background-opacity = 0.95

Installation

Install Ghostty and the Monocraft font, then symlink the configuration:
stow -t ~ ghostty
Make sure to install the Monocraft font system-wide for it to be available to Ghostty.

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