[Config] Ghostty Terminal — Ubuntu 24.04

config.ghostty

# Font
font-family = JetBrainsMono Nerd Font
font-size = 13

# Theme
theme = Catppuccin Mocha

# Window
window-padding-x = 8
window-padding-y = 4
window-decoration = server
background-opacity = 0.95

# Cursor
cursor-style = bar
cursor-style-blink = false

# Behavior
copy-on-select = false
confirm-close-surface = false
mouse-hide-while-typing = true
scrollback-limit = 10000

# Splits
keybind = ctrl+shift+d=new_split:right
keybind = ctrl+shift+e=new_split:down
keybind = ctrl+shift+h=goto_split:left
keybind = ctrl+shift+l=goto_split:right
keybind = ctrl+shift+k=goto_split:top
keybind = ctrl+shift+j=goto_split:bottom

GHOSTTY-SETUP.md

Ghostty Terminal Setup

Installation

• Installed natively via apt (not snap) for full feature support
• PPA: ppa:mkasberg/ghostty-ubuntu
• Updates automatically via sudo apt upgrade

Config Location

~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty

Backup at ~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty.bak

Shortcuts - Custom

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + backtick	Open new Ghostty window (global, works from any app)
Ctrl + Shift + D	Split terminal right
Ctrl + Shift + E	Split terminal down
Ctrl + Shift + H	Move to left split
Ctrl + Shift + J	Move to bottom split
Ctrl + Shift + K	Move to top split
Ctrl + Shift + L	Move to right split
Ctrl + Shift + S	Flameshot screenshot (GNOME keybind, not Ghostty)

Shortcuts - Ghostty Defaults

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + T	New tab
Ctrl + Shift + W	Close tab/split
Ctrl + Shift + N	New window
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste
Ctrl + Shift + F	Search
Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down	Jump between prompts (shell integration)
Ctrl + +	Zoom in
Ctrl + -	Zoom out
Ctrl + 0	Reset zoom
Select text	Auto-copies to clipboard (copy-on-select enabled)

Config Explained

Setting	Value	Why
font-family	JetBrainsMono Nerd Font	Ligatures + icons for prompt/tools
font-size	13
theme	Catppuccin Mocha	Easy on the eyes, good contrast
window-decoration	server	Keeps title bar for dragging window
background-opacity	0.95	Subtle transparency
cursor-style	bar	Less visual noise than block
cursor-style-blink	false	No blinking
copy-on-select	clipboard	Highlight text = auto copy
confirm-close-surface	false	No "are you sure?" when closing
mouse-hide-while-typing	true	Hides cursor while typing
scrollback-limit	10000	Lines of scroll history

Shell Integration

Added to ~/.zshrc:

if [[ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "ghostty" ]]; then
  source /usr/share/ghostty/shell-integration/zsh
fi

Enables: prompt jumping, clickable URLs, and other Ghostty-specific features.

Terminfo Fix

Conda/miniforge's ncurses uses hex-encoded directories (78/ instead of x/). Terminfo files copied to both formats in ~/.terminfo/:

• ~/.terminfo/x/xterm-ghostty
• ~/.terminfo/78/xterm-ghostty
• ~/.terminfo/g/ghostty
• ~/.terminfo/67/ghostty

Notes

• Global keybinds (Ctrl + backtick) are set via GNOME custom keybindings, not Ghostty (X11 doesn't support Ghostty's native global keybinds — that requires Wayland)
• To edit config quickly: ghostty +edit-config
• To list available themes: ghostty +list-themes
• To validate config: ghostty +validate-config