Ghostty Repository Policy: Use GitHub Discussions Before Creating Issues
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The article explains that users cannot create Issues directly in the Ghostty repository and must instead use GitHub Discussions first. This approach ensures that only well-understood, actionable items become Issues, making it easier for maintainers and contributors to find work-ready tasks. The policy is based on years of open source project maintenance experience.
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Unlike some other projects, Ghostty does not use the issue tracker for discussion or feature requests. Instead, we use GitHub discussions for that.
Once a discussion reaches a point where a well-understood, actionable item is identified, it is moved to the issue tracker.
This pattern makes it easier for maintainers or contributors to find issues to work on since every issue is ready to be worked on.
This approach is based on years of experience maintaining open source projects.
Users are not allowed to create Issues directly in this repository - we ask that you create a Discussion first. Unlike some other projects, Ghostty does not use the issue tracker for discussion or ...
