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Observed arrival · 2026-08-27

Gespenst puts Ghostty VT in the browser

gespenst.dev Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A TypeScript terminal library that runs the unmodified Ghostty VT engine through WebAssembly, with browser shells, worker isolation, and framework adapters.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-27 issue.

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The project exposes separate choices for process execution, transport, terminal state, and rendering rather than binding every deployment to one backend. Its browser-only Bash example uses a virtual filesystem in the page, while the package list covers remote WebSocket shells, headless parsing, xterm.js 6.0 API compatibility, permission-aware clipboard handling, buffer search, and safe HTTP(S) links. The page presents worker isolation as the normal path, with shared-worker and main-thread modes for different terminal-count or testing constraints.

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●ProPolished or operationally mature
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