Mitchell Hashimoto says Ghostty will leave GitHub after 18 years of deep personal and open-source ties

Mitchell Hashimoto says Ghostty, his open-source terminal project, will leave GitHub despite his long and emotional attachment to the platform. He describes GitHub as central to his career, hobbies, and open-source identity, while noting he has recently become publicly critical of the service.

A high-profile maintainer moving a major project off GitHub highlights growing unease about the platform’s direction among parts of the open-source community. The move could encourage more developers to consider alternative forges or reduce their dependence on a single dominant hosting platform.