Ghosteel Terminal

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Ghosteel brings a modern terminal engine to SailfishOS. Most mobile terminals use legacy VT parsers that struggle with complex TUI apps. Ghosteel uses the same engine that powers Ghostty, giving you accurate rendering for tmux, neovim, htop, and other TUI applications.

  • Ghostty VT engine with full escape sequence support, 24-bit truecolor, alternate screen buffer
  • GPU rendering via OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0 with cursor trail shaders
  • Multi-session support with named sessions, switching, and persistence
  • Touch text selection with Sailfish-style magnifier and double/triple tap
  • Configurable extra keys bar with sticky Ctrl/Alt modifiers, arrow keys, F1-F12, PgUp/PgDn
  • Automatic URL detection and hyperlinks, tap to open in browser
  • Inline images via Kitty Graphics Protocol with PNG decoding
  • Encrypted scrollback using AES-256 via Sailfish Secrets (configurable 7-365 day retention)
  • Dark and Light color schemes with adjustable opacity

Source code: github.com/zackslash/Ghosteel
License: MIT

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Application versions: 
AttachmentSizeDate
File ghosteel-0.4.4.beta-1.armv7hl.rpm816.55 KB19/06/2026 - 00:10
File ghosteel-0.4.4.beta-1.aarch64.rpm793.28 KB19/06/2026 - 00:10
File ghosteel-0.4.4.beta-1.i486.rpm871.33 KB19/06/2026 - 00:10
File ghosteel-0.5.1.beta-1.armv7hl.rpm822.36 KB21/06/2026 - 15:18
File ghosteel-0.5.1.beta-1.aarch64.rpm800.74 KB21/06/2026 - 15:18
File ghosteel-0.5.1.beta-1.i486.rpm878.66 KB21/06/2026 - 15:18
Changelog: 

v0.5.1-beta:

- OSC 52 clipboard support (vim/tmux/neovim can read/write system clipboard)
- Pinch-to-zoom with per-session font size
- Keybar scroll indicator with flash on open
- Keybar no longer closes on drag
- Keyboard drag-dismiss no longer kills hardware keyboard input
- Fix startup crash on reopen with background processes
- Keyboard is now last entry in default keybar

v0.4.4-beta: First OpenRepos release

- Ghostty VT engine with 24-bit truecolor and full escape sequence support
- GPU-accelerated rendering via OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0
- Multi-session support with persistence
- Touch text selection with magnifier
- Configurable extra keys bar
- Automatic URL detection and hyperlinks
- Kitty Graphics Protocol inline images
- Encrypted scrollback
- Dark and Light color schemes with adjustable opacity 

Comments

kan's picture

Is there any way to run Ghosteel terminal with a parameter?

zackslash's picture

Hey Kan, yes, you can set an 'Autorun command' on a per-session basis. Long-press on a session in the session list and select 'Autorun command' from the context menu. You can enter any shell command (e.g. top) and it will automatically run when that terminal session opens in-future.