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0.4.6 (2026-04-25)

CI

  • Build and install libghostty-vt in the live terminal example job so browser feature tests can load the Ghostty NIF

0.4.5 (2026-04-25)

Fixed

  • Fixed TTY NIF reader thread ownership by storing the thread and closed flag in the resource payload instead of a copied payload

0.4.4 (2026-04-25)

Testing

  • Give the TTY end-to-end test parent process enough time to observe the child process's explicit timeout result instead of racing the same deadline

0.4.3 (2026-04-24)

TTY

  • Add explicit current-terminal input backends with OTP raw mode on OTP 28+ and NIF fallback on older OTP releases
  • Require explicit takeover: true before the NIF backend stops OTP's shell reader
  • Route Ghostty.TTY.write/2 through the active TTY backend so raw TTY sessions do not depend on OTP's shell writer

PTY

  • Route PTY NIF events through the Ghostty.PTY GenServer so public data and exit messages are owned by the Elixir process
  • Add a reader-start handshake before Ghostty.PTY.start_link/1 returns, with configurable :reader_start_timeout
  • Keep PTY reader threads owned by the NIF resource and join them during close to avoid fd reuse races
  • Move argv preparation before forkpty() so the child process only execs or exits after fork

0.4.2 (2026-04-24)

TTY

  • Fix current-terminal input delivery by backing Ghostty.TTY with the existing terminal NIF
  • Disable terminal-generated signals for raw TTY sessions so Ctrl-C is delivered as a Ghostty.KeyEvent instead of opening the BEAM BREAK menu
  • Add a PTY-backed end-to-end test proving Ghostty.TTY receives typed characters and Ctrl-C in raw mode

0.4.1 (2026-04-24)

TTY

  • Fix Ghostty.TTY.start_link/1 on OTP runtimes that do not expose :sigwinch through :os.set_signal/2
  • Treat SIGWINCH registration as best-effort so current-terminal apps can still start when resize signals are unavailable

0.4.0 (2026-04-24)

TTY

  • Add Ghostty.TTY for local terminal applications that need raw keyboard input from the current BEAM terminal
  • Add Ghostty.KeyDecoder for decoding terminal input bytes into Ghostty.KeyEvent values
  • Add examples/tty_keys.exs as an interactive smoke test for current-terminal input, resize events, and key decoding

Testing

  • Add Ghostty.Test ExUnit helpers for concise terminal tests: term/1, write/2, lines/2, snapshots, text assertions, key encoding, and cell assertions
  • Add snapshot assertion support via assert_snap/3 with UPDATE_GHOSTTY_SNAPSHOTS=1
  • Dogfood Ghostty.Test in terminal and cell tests

Terminal

  • Return {:error, :invalid_key_event} for invalid keyboard events instead of crashing the terminal GenServer
  • Return {:error, :invalid_mouse_event} for invalid mouse events instead of crashing the terminal GenServer

Docs

0.3.2 (2026-04-14)

Fix

  • Fix precompiled NIF failing to load due to missing nif_focus_mode declaration

0.3.1 (2026-04-14) [YANKED]

LiveView

  • Add punctuation and shifted character key mappings

PTY

  • Fix UI hangs when typing fast by draining the PTY buffer fully on each poll wakeup
  • Handle POLLHUP/POLLERR without POLLIN to ensure exit notification is always sent

Internal

  • Remove unused nif_focus_mode NIF
  • Cache nif_render_state availability at compile time instead of try/rescue per call
  • Deduplicate PTY reader exit path into send_exit_and_wait
  • Remove redundant client-side input validation (kept in GenServer)
  • Remove self-delegating mods_to_bitmask in favour of to_bitmask

0.3.0 (2026-04-08)

LiveView

  • Add render-state cursor overlay with block, bar, underline, and hollow styles
  • Add hidden textarea input layer with IME composition and paste support
  • Add local selection rendering with copy support
  • Add mouse forwarding with mouse-mode-aware selection backoff
  • Add fit option for auto-fit terminal size to container via ResizeObserver
  • Add autofocus option for initial terminal focus on mount
  • Add {:terminal_ready, id, cols, rows} message so the parent can defer PTY startup until the real container size is known
  • Add handle_resize/4 helper for resizing terminal and PTY together
  • Add phx-update="ignore" to terminal hook roots so LiveView patches don't destroy client-rendered DOM
  • Fix focus escape sequences being written into the terminal buffer when no PTY is attached
  • Fix terminal reclaiming focus from outside page elements during text selection
  • Track mouse modes in Ghostty.Terminal from VT writes for reliable LiveView payloads

Hook

  • Rewrite ghostty.js to TypeScript under priv/ts/ with strict types
  • Bundle TypeScript at compile time via OXC — no Node.js or Bun required
  • Add oxlint and oxfmt for TypeScript quality checks
  • Ship priv/ts/ source in the Hex package instead of pre-built JS
  • Add explicit outside-click blur so the terminal doesn't steal focus
  • Add pointer-active tracking so outside mouse interactions can't refocus the terminal

Examples

  • Replace URL-param demo with a control panel: startup command input, fit/banner toggles, preset buttons
  • Add TERM=xterm-256color and COLORTERM=truecolor for colorized shell output
  • Add demo-specific bash rcfile with ls color aliases
  • Use bash -lc for startup commands to avoid PTY write races
  • Defer PTY startup until the hook reports its real container size
  • Replace timer-based startup with event-driven ready handshake
  • Add browser tests for flush-left prompt, outside focus, and demo controls
  • Wire example browser tests into CI

Build

  • Add {:oxc, "~> 0.5"} dependency for compile-time TypeScript bundling
  • Add a Mix compiler that bundles priv/ts/hook.ts → priv/static/ghostty.js
  • Add CI job for TypeScript lint and format checks
  • Stop tracking priv/static/ghostty.js in git

0.2.4 (2026-04-02)

LiveView

  • Add mix igniter.install ghostty to vendor ghostty.js into Phoenix assets and wire GhosttyTerminal into assets/js/app.js
  • Cover the installer with tests for common Phoenix app.js layouts
  • Update the LiveView docs to point to the Igniter install flow

0.2.3 (2026-04-02)

Build

  • Exclude the bundled Phoenix example app dependencies from the Hex package
  • Keep the published package small enough for Hex validation while still shipping the top-level example scripts
  • Fix the macOS precompiled terminal artifact so libghostty-vt.dylib is linked via @loader_path instead of a CI-only absolute path
  • Verify the packaged macOS terminal artifact before upload in the precompile workflow

0.2.2 (2026-04-01)

LiveView

  • Make render events terminal-specific so multiple terminals can coexist in one LiveView safely
  • Push the initial render automatically from Ghostty.LiveTerminal.Component
  • Preserve incoming assigns on send_update(..., refresh: true)
  • Support global HTML attributes on Ghostty.LiveTerminal.terminal/1
  • Refresh the README LiveView docs around the component-first API

Build

  • Re-sync priv/lib and priv/include into _build/<env>/lib/ghostty/priv during GHOSTTY_BUILD=1 compilation
  • Fix macOS source builds after _build cleanup by rewriting the copied libghostty-vt.dylib install name to an absolute path

0.2.1 (2026-03-31)

PTY

  • Validate PTY size during startup as well as resize/3
  • Remove generated PTY Zig wrapper file from the repo
  • Ignore generated PTY Zig wrapper file going forward

Build

  • Make mix ghostty.setup copy priv/ artifacts more robustly from the project root
  • Refresh build priv/ directories deterministically during setup

Docs

  • Use GitHub example links in README so HexDocs does not warn about missing local examples/ paths

0.2.0 (2026-03-30)

Terminal

  • input_key/2 — encode keyboard events to escape sequences
  • input_mouse/2 — encode mouse events (when tracking enabled)
  • encode_focus/1 — encode focus gained/lost
  • cells/1 — render state as grid of {grapheme, fg, bg, flags} tuples
  • Ghostty.Terminal.Cell — flag helpers (bold?/1, italic?/1, etc.)
  • Effect messages sent to the calling process: {:pty_write, data}, :bell, :title_changed
  • Option validation — ArgumentError for invalid cols/rows/scrollback
  • Graceful init failure — {:error, reason} instead of crash

PTY

  • Real pseudo-terminal via forkpty() NIF
  • Programs like vim, top, htop work (child gets a real TTY)
  • Non-blocking reader thread sends {:data, binary} messages
  • write/2, resize/3, close/1
  • Proper cleanup in destructor (SIGHUP, waitpid)

LiveView

  • Ghostty.LiveTerminal — Phoenix LiveView component
  • terminal/1 component with JS hook
  • handle_key/2 converts JS keyboard events to key encoding
  • priv/static/ghostty.js — renders cell grid with colors and styles
  • Optional: only compiles when phoenix_live_view is present

Input

Build

  • mix ghostty.setup — one-command contributor onboarding
  • Precompiled NIFs via zigler_precompiled
  • Precompile workflow builds and uploads terminal and PTY NIF artifacts for Linux x86_64, Linux aarch64, and macOS aarch64
  • Precompiled terminal artifacts bundle libghostty-vt so clean installs work without manual setup
  • Release workflow regenerates and commits checksum-Ghostty.Terminal.Nif.exs and checksum-Ghostty.PTY.Nif.exs
  • zlint for Zig code

Docs

  • README examples are covered by tests
  • Release/install flow documented in AGENTS.md

0.1.0 (2026-03-29)

Initial release.

Terminal

  • start_link/1 with :cols, :rows, :max_scrollback, :name
  • write/2 — VT-encoded data
  • resize/3 — with text reflow
  • reset/1 — full terminal reset (RIS)
  • snapshot/2 — :plain, :html, :vt formats
  • scroll/2 — viewport scrolling
  • cursor/1 — cursor position
  • size/1 — terminal dimensions

Build

  • libghostty-vt C API via Zig NIFs (Zigler)
  • Precompiled NIF binaries for Linux and macOS