Emacs-libgterm: Terminal emulator for Emacs using libghostty-vt
by signa11 on 3/29/2026, 2:32:04 PM
https://github.com/rwc9u/emacs-libgterm
Comments
by: sidkshatriya
> Status: Early prototype. Fully vibe coded. [...]<p>Cool project... However, the terminal is where you enter passwords, ssh, set API keys etc. Something so sensitive should not be "Fully vibe coded".<p>For a project like this, I would expect to see a clarification which might read something like this: "Fully vibe coded, but I audited each and every line of generated code and I am already a domain expert in vt sequences and emacs so I know this program should be OK." But given that I did NOT see a clarification or statement like this, it becomes very difficult to trust a project like this.<p>Again, it is a cool idea.
4/2/2026, 1:57:23 PM
by: mark_l_watson
I love to see new Emacs Lisp projects, BUT: personally I prefer a simple ‘pure Emacs standard library’ experience as much as possible. I have been using Emacs over 40 years and this return to simplicity is a new thing for me.<p>I used to have a Xerox Lisp Machine in the 1980s and dreamed to have Emacs be the ‘catch all’ environment like a Lisp Machine. Now I mostly just use Emacs to edit code.
4/2/2026, 2:08:57 PM
by: manoDev
I understand the need of terminal emulator for certain interactive programs, but inside Emacs I just use 'shell-command and output buffers. What's the benefit of having a terminal emulator inside the Emacs process? If the program is interactive (TUI) it won't integrate well with Emacs buffers/keybindings anyway right?
4/2/2026, 2:57:00 PM
by: mcookly
I wonder if I'll ever see the day when Emacs's several terminal implementations are unified. How nice would it be if one could use term.el with libvterm, libghostty etc. as a backend?<p>On another note, as a light terminal user, I've had great success with MisTTY. [1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/szermatt/mistty" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/szermatt/mistty</a>
4/2/2026, 1:51:37 PM
by: Igrom
What do you know, wishes sometimes come true: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45351060">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45351060</a>.
4/2/2026, 2:12:40 PM
by: rererereferred
So the Emacs OS has a terminal? This means I can finally run vim in it.
4/2/2026, 1:32:48 PM