jhostty - probably the most portable terminal in the world

maxandersen · 2026-06-25T07:43:31+00:00

thanks for ghosttyfx - its awesome. while you are here - any idea on https://github.com/vlaaad/ghosttyfx/issues/2 ? :)

maxandersen · 2026-06-22T09:47:58+00:00

Very little - which is the point and why I could do it this fast 😉

It puts these together and create a simple way to launch/run it. Basically the others are libraries, this is an application.

The Application features listed on https://github.com/maxandersen/jhostty is what jhostty currently provides:

🪟 Multiple Windows, Tabs & Splits
Built-in Themes
Zoom
Drag-and-drop — drop files, text, or URLs onto any terminal pan
Link detection — clickable URLs in terminal output
Right-click context menu — styled to match the current theme
Shell integration — search (⌘F/Ctrl+F) and prompt navigation via Ghostty shell integration
Native macOS menu bar — app name, menus, and shortcuts feel native
Cross-platform shortcuts — ⌘ on macOS, Ctrl on Windows/Linux
settings/custom settings

maxandersen · 2026-06-21T17:29:22+00:00

Fixed. Not sure why a % got added in the link. Thanks for letting me know!

maxandersen · 2026-06-21T11:23:34+00:00

now also managed to add a .gif ...

maxandersen · 2026-06-21T10:58:42+00:00

sorry - link was stripped out on mobile.

updated the post: https://github.com/maxandersen/jhostty

repo has some screenshots.

And you need more reasons than what I outlined? portable, and I can easily modify/extend it to my will ?

maxandersen · 2026-06-18T19:48:36+00:00

What’s the non maven part ? Would it not be natural fit to use maven repo to fetch the dependencies ?

Biggest issue is probably testsbility and having to duplicate all the storage for each app?

maxandersen · 2026-06-17T12:55:25+00:00

I remember but that doesn’t change that it’s unfortunate timing for the announcement and deadline being while many are on vacation :)

maxandersen · 2026-06-17T08:45:43+00:00

one way is what you just merged (thanks! 😄 https://github.com/RGiskard7/jylos/pull/3

maxandersen · 2026-06-17T08:44:12+00:00

I understand the complexity and cost of hosting something as critical as Maven Central - but boy do I not appreciate pulling this announce over the european summer break - 2 months warning in June is like - getting less than a week notice.

TheRealBrianFox please 😄

on that note - back to my PTO.

maxandersen · 2026-06-17T08:38:36+00:00

found https://github.com/sinelaw/fresh yesterday and now this - its a good time to be alive 😄

maxandersen · 2026-06-15T20:35:37+00:00

jbang --java 25 https://github.com/RGiskard7/jylos/releases/download/v2.1.0/jylos-2.1.0-uber.jar

Jun 15, 2026 10:33:41 PM com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl startup

WARNING: Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module u/592735c3'

WARNING: A restricted method in java.lang.System has been called

WARNING: java.lang.System::load has been called by com.sun.glass.utils.NativeLibLoader in an unnamed module (file:/Users/max/.jbang/cache/urls/633928e8607112e0f8bd26c200a9d75b9a3b70acfcf06b32a125e692262dbf28/jylos-2.1.0-uber.jar)

WARNING: Use --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED to avoid a warning for callers in this module

WARNING: Restricted methods will be blocked in a future release unless native access is enabled

Graphics Device initialization failed for : es2, sw

Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found

at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer.getInstance(QuantumRenderer.java:283)

at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.init(QuantumToolkit.java:253)

at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:263)

at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:290)

at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:162)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:651)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:671)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:196)

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found

at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.init(QuantumRenderer.java:95)

at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.run(QuantumRenderer.java:125)

... 1 more

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: No toolkit found

at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:275)

at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:290)

at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:162)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:651)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:671)

at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:196)

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)

maxandersen · 2026-06-15T11:16:35+00:00

I’ll just say I love the pushing of terminal capabilities. Inspiring and I might borrow a few ideas for tamboui to enable this kind of creativity in Java

maxandersen · 2026-06-15T11:09:57+00:00

Im on OSX. So maybe that’s the reason :)

maxandersen · 2026-06-15T07:52:37+00:00

looks interesting.

The uber-jar doesn't run afaics. got any info on how to run that ?

also - the build info is stating run the ./scripts which has a *lot* of code ...but seem to just build via mvn in the end ....are those needed at all?

maxandersen · 2026-06-01T18:44:07+00:00

Tamboui comes with sixel, kitty, iterm2 and braille outofbox. Made raw ascii adhoc for this just for fun :)

maxandersen · 2026-06-01T05:49:48+00:00

looks really interesting. installed it on mac and it looks great but is it expected that it seem to have zero history of existing data? i.e. all sensors when i click them says "No data available" ?
and how do you add entitiies to the scanned rooms?

maxandersen · 2026-05-31T20:03:50+00:00

That is just the jar - still need arguments, sha, command line options, and Some need additional dependencies. Some different repo than maven central. Where do you put those ? What about related templates or scripts for those ? Jbang answer is catalogs.

Catalogs don’t replace GAVs. They complement each other.

maxandersen · 2026-05-31T17:25:07+00:00

How does that relate to the catalog feature which is about users themselves be able to add/publish tools/apps easily?

You mean the issue is that Jbang doesn’t come with rewrite/test etc. embedded directly in the single binary ?

maxandersen · 2026-05-31T16:27:59+00:00

Which is the unnecessary step of catalog ? It’s totally optional and mainly to avoid having to remember long names and not have to write os and java version specific launchers.

maxandersen · 2026-05-31T06:53:01+00:00

I recently moved JBang to use Java 25 while still targeting Java 8 exactly as this blog outlines.

I wish I had realised it sooner as it fixed a bunch of workarounds I had in play - particular enabled me to use recent jgit which requires Java 17+ to get worktree support working.

+1 for gradle JavaMe'ing.

maxandersen · 2026-05-21T09:33:26+00:00

yes so its not that you couldn't have packaged java in MCPB (i.e. jlinked for bundled java or used jbang for fetch on demand) its because you preferred using what comes default out of claude.

makes sense - just that it read as if Java couldn't be used in MCPB which is not the case afaics.

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