Ghostty Terminal Leaving GitHub After 18 Years — Mitchell Hashimoto Says Platform 'No Longer for Serious Work'

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Mitchell Hashimoto announced Ghostty is leaving GitHub after 18+ years, citing near-daily outages and GitHub Actions disruptions making serious development impossible. The post hit 2,614 points and 766 comments on HN — the day's top story. Hashimoto is evaluating Codeberg, GitLab, and self-hosted Gitea/Forgejo as alternatives, with a read-only GitHub mirror remaining.