Ghostty exits GitHub after 18 years

// 51d agoINFRASTRUCTURE

Ghostty exits GitHub after 18 years

Mitchell Hashimoto says Ghostty will gradually leave GitHub and keep only a read-only mirror at the current URL, citing repeated GitHub outages and a growing mismatch between the project’s workflow needs and the platform’s reliability. The move is framed as a long-term infrastructure migration rather than a sudden code-hosting switch, with more details on the destination to come in the coming months.

// ANALYSIS

This is less a product feature story than an infrastructure and governance shift: Ghostty is treating GitHub reliability as a dependency risk and moving to reduce operational exposure.

–The trigger is operational pain, especially GitHub Actions and platform outages blocking day-to-day work.
–The migration will be incremental, which suggests the team is optimizing for continuity over a dramatic repo move.
–Keeping a read-only mirror on GitHub preserves discoverability while severing the project’s dependence on GitHub services.
–The post signals broader ecosystem frustration with hosted developer infrastructure, not just one project’s tooling choice.

// TAGS

ghosttygithubopen-sourceinfrastructuredevtoolmigrationoutages

DISCOVERED

51d ago

2026-04-28

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51d ago

2026-04-28

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