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Ghostty Project Departs GitHub After Founder's 18-Year Relationship with Platform

By

WadeGrimridge

1mo ago· 5 min readenOpinion

Summary

The author, a long-time GitHub user (joined 2008, user #1299), announces with sadness that their project Ghostty will be leaving GitHub. They reflect on their deep personal connection to the platform, having used it daily for over 18 years through major life events, and express emotional difficulty in making this decision despite the move being necessary for their project.

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Writing this makes me irrationally sad, but Ghostty will be leaving GitHub.
GitHub is the place that has made me the most happy.
I'm GitHub user 1299, joined Feb 2008. Since then, I've opened GitHub every single day. Every day, multiple times per day, for over 18 years. Over half my life.
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Writing this makes me irrationally sad, but Ghostty will be leaving GitHub1.

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