5 ms·
I used to daily drive this, most of the effects were minimized but I found that a little bit of white noise really helped make my terminal a lot easier on the e
by com2kid 11mo ago
I used to daily drive this, most of the effects were minimized but I found that a little bit of white noise really helped make my terminal a lot easier on the eyes to read. I wonder if it is related to how some people find that film grain has a pleasing effect.
For those looking at the screenshots note that the terminal is incredibly customizable, you don't have to have all the effects dialed up to 11!
Sadly bit rot has set in and the project doesn't work that well now days. Also a lack of tab support really hurts it as a daily driving terminal.
- Aldipower 11mo agoHaving the same with audio. I actually like tape hiss. :-O
- SoftTalker 11mo ago... and the crackles and pops of a vinyl record?
- l1ng0 11mo agoI miss the old phonecall background hiss, now it's impossible to tell the difference between someone being silent in a call and a disconnected 'line'.
- catskull 11mo agoI have ghostty set up with this “starfield” shader: https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/blob/main/starfield.glsl https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/blob/main/starfiel... I also have it set up to do adaptive theme, so in light mode the galaxy is mostly just a little noise on the black text but in dark mode it’s like I’m piloting a space ship. Highly recommend. I also documented a few other shaders on my blog here: https://catskull.net/fun-with-ghostty-shaders.html https://catskull.net/fun-with-ghostty-shaders.html Edit: I use the "starfield" shader, not the "galaxy" shader. Doh!
- nemomarx 11mo agooh that water one is cute. makes me think of old gnome effects? I wonder how distracting it is in practice
- lexicality 11mo agoBit disappointed that Galaxy is the only one without a preview, what does it look like?
- cupofjoakim 11mo agoan image is available in the PR where it was added: https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/pull/30 https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/pull/30
- catskull 11mo agolol I'm smart apparently. It's not the "galaxy" shader, it's the "starfield" shader! I should double check before commenting I guess. https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/blob/main/starfield.glsl https://github.com/0xhckr/ghostty-shaders/blob/main/starfiel... I'm not sure what "galaxy" looks like but it might not have worked or shown nothing.
- lexicality 11mo agoOh, that one's really pretty! I actually went to check if wezterm supported shaders after seeing the preview on your site, but tragically it doesn't.
- velcrovan 11mo agoIf only the “just snow” one would have had the snow floating down (instead of, inexplicably, up)!
- volemo 11mo agoSimply rotate your monitor. /j
- 11mo ago
- hasperdi 11mo agoFun fact, you can use Ghostty and vibecode the shader you want. In fact, the other day I used Claude Code to create me a custom CRT shader.
- timeforcomputer 11mo agoI love it because I have glare/doubling around words. Adding some visual noise can mask my own eye problems, and adding some visual effects with the glowbar and jittering if I feel like it, can really make it easier to focus for some reason.
- lelanthran 11mo ago> Also a lack of tab support really hurts it as a daily driving terminal. For some, perhaps. I've not needed tabbed terminals ever since vim got proper terminal support. I run shells within vim, so have them in splits, tabs, etc in a plain xterm. Sorta like a tmux replacement, but with better editor support :-)
- esseph 11mo agoYou hardcore vim folks are a different breed :-)
- lelanthran 11mo ago> You hardcore vim folks are a different breed :-) Nah, we're just lazy :-) Need a shell? Why leave vim? Need to connect to and issue SQL queries to diagnose a database? Why leave Vim? The actual hardcore folk are those Emacs weenies. Need a shell? Use Emacs. Read email? Use Emacs. Manage my calendar? Emacs. Note taking? Static website builder? Browse websites? Git client? Emacs, Emacs, Emacs and (you guessed it) Emacs. Spreadsheet, File manager, Remote editing, Calculator, Dictionary/Thesaurus ... all Emacs. Those guys seriously need a therapist ... of course, Emacs has that too (Good 'ol M-x doctor)
- elcritch 11mo agoEmacs even has its own Vim emulator to solve Emacs lack of an editor!
- elcritch 11mo agoIt'd be awesome to run something like this headless, maybe with a frame buffer. I setup my home lab with Freebsd recently and it's just sitting there without a cool CRT screen. :/