Ghostty Setup Cheatsheet

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Ghostty Shortcuts

Terminal navigation & window management

Ctrl+`

Quick terminal (global)

Cmd+T

New tab

Cmd+Shift+] [

Next / prev tab

Cmd+1-9

Jump to tab

Cmd+D

Split right

Cmd+Shift+D

Split down

Cmd+Opt+Arrows

Navigate splits

Cmd+Shift+Enter

Zoom / unzoom split

Cmd+Shift+P

Command palette

Opt+Click

Move cursor on command line

Cmd+Click

Open link

Opt+Enter

Newline without execute

▸

lazygit

Terminal git UI

Space

Stage / unstage

c

Commit

p / P

Push / Pull

[ / ]

Switch panels

?

Help

q

Quit

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yazi

Terminal file manager

Enter

Open / enter directory

Space

Select

y

Copy

x

Cut

p

Paste

d

Delete

r

Rename

q

Quit

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fzf

Fuzzy finder

Ctrl+R

Fuzzy search history

Ctrl+T

Fuzzy search files

Opt+C

Fuzzy cd

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zoxide

Smart cd — remembers directories you visit

z name

Jump to best match

zi

Interactive picker (fzf)

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ripgrep

Fast code search

rg "pattern"

Search all files

rg "fn" -t js

Filter by file type

rg "error" -i

Case-insensitive search

rg "import" src/

Search in directory

Δ

delta

Better git diffs — automatically active

n / N

Navigate between files

delta configuration

git config --global core.pager delta
git config --global interactive.diffFilter "delta --color-only"
git config --global delta.navigate true
git config --global delta.side-by-side true
git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3
git config --global diff.colorMoved default

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btop / dust

System monitoring & disk usage

btop

System monitor (CPU, RAM, disk, net)

dust

Visual disk usage breakdown

q

Quit btop

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Shell Plugins

zsh enhancements

zsh-autosuggestions

Inline history suggestions as you type. Press → to accept.

source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

zsh-autocomplete

Dropdown tab completions. Must be sourced near the top of .zshrc.

source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Colors commands as you type. Must be sourced last in .zshrc.

source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

zsh-you-should-use

Reminds you about aliases you've set up but aren't using.

source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-you-should-use/you-should-use.plugin.zsh

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Config Files

Copy these to the right paths

Ghostty config ~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config

# Font
font-family = JetBrainsMono Nerd Font

# Theme — auto switches with macOS light/dark mode
theme = light:Catppuccin Latte,dark:Catppuccin Mocha

# Window
background-opacity = 0.9
background-blur-radius = 20
window-padding-x = 10
window-padding-y = 8

# Mouse
mouse-hide-while-typing = true

# Quick terminal (Ctrl+` from anywhere)
quick-terminal-position = top
quick-terminal-animation-duration = 0.15
keybind = global:ctrl+grave_accent=toggle_quick_terminal

# Shell integration
shell-integration-features = cursor,sudo,title

.zshrc additions ~/.zshrc

# Near the top (before compdef calls)
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh

# After other setup
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-you-should-use/you-should-use.plugin.zsh
eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

# Aliases
alias ls="eza --icons"
alias ll="eza --icons -la"
alias lt="eza --icons --tree --level=2"
alias cat="bat"

# Must be last
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

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Install

All brew install commands

Ghostty

brew install --cask ghostty

Nerd Font

brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font

Shell Plugins

brew install zsh-autosuggestions
brew install zsh-autocomplete
brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting
brew install zsh-you-should-use

Prompt

brew install starship
starship preset nerd-font-symbols -o ~/.config/starship.toml

CLI Tools

brew install lazygit yazi eza bat fzf zoxide btop dust ripgrep git-delta

Git Delta Config

git config --global core.pager delta
git config --global interactive.diffFilter "delta --color-only"
git config --global delta.navigate true
git config --global delta.side-by-side true
git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3
git config --global diff.colorMoved default