Show HN: Noctty – A fast, native terminal for Windows

Category: devtools

Tags: terminal, windows, zig, ghostty, win32

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

Noctty is a native Windows terminal built on Ghostty's terminal emulation core, combining it with a custom Win32 UI featuring tabs, splits, session restore, and OSC 7501 program status reporting. It stands out for its OpenGL/Direct3D 11 rendering fallback, Windows-on-Arm support, and detailed capability matrix against upstream Ghostty.

Target audience: Windows developers and power users

Repository: https://github.com/amanthanvi/noctty · Zig · MIT · 506 stars

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