Ghostty Configuration

Config File Locations

Config is optional; with no file Ghostty runs on its defaults. Since Ghostty 1.2.3 the file is named config.ghostty; extensionless config still loads for backwards compatibility.

• XDG (all platforms): $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config.ghostty, then $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config. XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to ~/.config.
• macOS also: ~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config.ghostty, then .../config.

Every matching file loads, later files overriding earlier ones. Within a location config.ghostty loads before config. On macOS the macOS-path files load after the XDG ones, so macOS paths win on conflict.

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