What opens when you start Ghostty?
Ghostty opens a terminal window and launches a shell, such as Zsh or fish. The shell decides how a command is interpreted. The desktop app’s current download supports macOS and Linux. The Mac release lists macOS 13 or later, and the Linux page points to packages by distribution.
Does a new tab open in the same folder?
A new tab can inherit the previous tab’s folder when the setting and shell integration support it. Switching shells inside a tab can lose the automatic integration that the first shell received. Before using a new local tab, confirm the shell and ask it to report its working folder.
What can you take to another computer?
Ghostty is open source under the MIT license. Its preferences are stored in a text configuration file, with an additional location on macOS. If both files exist, later settings can override earlier ones. Keep only the settings you need and check referenced fonts and file paths on the new computer. Your shell’s startup settings and project files are separate.
How would you check where a new tab started?
Draw two tabs on paper. The first shows sample-shop. Label the new tab’s expected location, then write sample-notes as the folder its shell reports. Use the reported folder to decide which tab to work in. Rehearse on paper whenever the real tab or connection is unclear.