ghostcfg
A TUI for editing your Ghostty config without touching the file by hand.
Browse 200+ options by category, preview themes live with color swatches, and save — ghostcfg hot-reloads your running Ghostty instance automatically.
Install
pipx install ghostcfg # recommended
uv tool install ghostcfg # or with uv
pip install ghostcfg # or plain pip
On macOS with Homebrew:
brew install samkleespies/ghostcfg/ghostcfg
Or from source:
git clone https://github.com/samkleespies/ghostcfg.git
cd ghostcfg
pip install -e .
Requires Python 3.10+ and Ghostty on PATH.
Usage
ghostcfg # or: gcfg
Keybindings
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Tab / Shift+Tab |
Switch tabs |
Up / Down |
Navigate options |
Enter |
Edit / toggle |
Ctrl+S |
Save and reload Ghostty |
Ctrl+D |
Reset option to default |
? |
Help |
q |
Quit |
In the theme browser:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Up / Down |
Browse (previews live) |
Enter |
Confirm theme |
Escape |
Revert to original |
d / l / a |
Dark only / light only / all |
What it does
- Tabbed categories: Font, Colors, Cursor, Window, Background, Input, Shell, Advanced
- Theme browser with inline color swatch preview, search, and dark/light filtering
- Type-aware widgets: toggles for booleans, dropdowns for enums, color pickers, validated number fields
- Saves trigger SIGUSR2 so Ghostty reloads instantly
- Roundtrip-safe: your comments, blank lines, and ordering are preserved
- Platform-aware: only shows options for your OS
ghostcfg finds your config at:
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config - Linux:
~/.config/ghostty/config
License
MIT
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
Release files for ghostcfg 0.1.4
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