Ghostty 1.4.0
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Ghostty 1.4.0 is a major terminal emulator release with 2,889 commits from 172 contributors over seven months. Highlights include full Kitty graphics protocol support (animation and relative placements, making Ghostty the first non-Kitty terminal to cover the whole spec), compressed scrollback that cuts memory use by 70% to 90% while…
Why it ranked
No. 68 of 155 with a score of 0.60. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.94) and substantiated (0.88), lowest on audience breadth (0.42).
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Major release of a widely used terminal emulator with detailed technical changes, security advisories, and performance work; substantive and specific but niche in audience and mostly changelog-style.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A major terminal release with reproducible performance and memory benchmarks, extensive protocol and rendering improvements, SSH integration, and numerous security fixes. It is highly actionable for terminal and developer-tool users, though niche relative to all tech.
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Score
0.60total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.56
- Reader interest0.66
- Audience breadth0.42
- Practical relevance0.67
- Substantiated0.88
- Technical depth0.86
- New information0.94
- Counts against: Promotional0.09
- Counts against: Overclaim0.18
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.65 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.25 | +0.24 | +0.134 |
| Reader interest | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.18 | +0.26 | +0.172 |
| Audience breadth | 0.49 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.14 | +0.13 | +0.055 |
| Practical relevance | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.12 | +0.22 | +0.148 |
| Substantiated | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.12 | +0.05 | +0.044 |
| Technical depth | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.09 | +0.05 | +0.043 |
| New information | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.09 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| Promotional | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | −0.19 | −0.018 |
| Overclaim | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.22 | −0.11 | −0.020 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.605 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.605 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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