Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of Vagrant and Terraform, announced that Ghostty, his terminal emulator, is leaving GitHub. The decision stems from chronic reliability failures and frequent outages—particularly GitHub Actions—that block his work multiple hours daily, making serious development impossible. The move signals growing frustration among prominent developers with GitHub's platform stability and reflects the viability of alternative hosting solutions.
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Ghostty is leaving GitHub
Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of Vagrant and Terraform, announced that Ghostty, his terminal emulator, is leaving GitHub. The decision stems from chronic reliability failures and frequent outages—particularly GitHub Act...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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