# Libghostty 1.0 adds stable C interface and distribution packaging

_Published Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM EST · Infrastructure, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Libghostty released version 1.0 of its terminal-emulation library, establishing a stable C interface and compatibility policy for applications that embed it. The release adds build tooling, signed source archives and dependency manifests for packaging through operating-system distributions.

The project says automated checks enforce compatibility on Linux, macOS and WebAssembly. Distributions can build the library offline using a companion archive containing its Zig dependencies.

Neovim has approved a change replacing libvterm with libghostty-vt, but maintainers were waiting for a tagged release before merging so distributions could package the dependency separately. The library is MIT licensed and has a release cycle separate from the Ghostty application.

## Sources

- [mitchellh.com](https://mitchellh.com/writing/libghostty-1-0)

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Published: 2026-11-07T01:11:38.262Z
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