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ghostty-cursor-fx

Thirteen animated cursor effects for the Ghostty terminal, with Enter and done moments for Claude Code and zsh

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GITHUB · launched Oct 31, 2026 · 87 upvotes (top 15%) · 0 views

Niche: desktop environment and customization software · 283 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -43% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • claude-code
  • cursor
  • ghostty
  • glsl
  • linux
  • macos
  • +4 more

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Could you build this?

Yes Animated cursor effects for a terminal are a small visual and scripting project that vibe coding handles easily, involving shell hooks and rendering effects.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 2567 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #400 of 2568 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 365 days after the earliest competitor.

  • ghostty-config · github · 2026-09-27 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • Calyx · hn · 2026-03-12 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Inertia · hn · 2026-08-08 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Ghostty-Web · hn · 2025-11-26 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • terminal-pet · github · 2026-09-14 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • scramby-voice-effects · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Arsaze · hn · 2026-10-30 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • fievel · github · 2026-09-10 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.54

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