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Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak
A few months ago, users started reporting that Ghostty was consuming absurd amounts of memory, with one user reporting 37 GB after 10 days of uptime. Today, I'm happy to say the fix has been found and merged . This post is an overview of what caused the leak, a look at some of Ghostty's internals, and some brief…
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 10, 2026 | Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak by thorel | 632 | 138 |
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