JetBrains IDEs are now powered by libghostty(blog.jetbrains.com)
77 points by paaloeye 2 days ago | 13 comments
[–] nickserv 2 days ago
[–] clumsysmurf 2 days ago
In 2026.2.2, I have Tools / Terminal / Reworked 2025 selected but the font selection seems buggy. It doesn't allow me to pick several fixed width fonts, including the one I use in the main editor, and there are no weight settings.
Ghostty didn't have issues with the same font, not sure what the problem is.
[–] paaloeye 2 days ago
Was it powered by xterm.js before?
[–] laerus 2 days ago
JediTerm according to the article
[–] paaloeye 2 days ago
Right! Never heard of it. Is it something in-house in Jet Brains?
[–] sonu27 2 days ago
Seems like it https://github.com/JetBrains/jediterm
[–] paaloeye 2 days ago
Good riddance Java!
[–] shye 2 days ago
A dead serious question: why?
There's a lot to hate about Java, but it also does some things extremely well. It's valid if you don't like the aesthetics, but that's a you thing. Are there any objective reasons you believe Java is not fit for purpose here?
[–] paaloeye 2 days ago
Fair question. With C/C++/Zig/Go available we don't need another layer of abstraction; we have enough. Why do we need another VM? Let's keep thing simple.
Which things does Java do extremely well. Curious.
[–] paaloeye 2 days ago
I can't care less about æsthetics tbh.
Why is it that reorganizing the title bar every few months or making new button themes is more important than getting the IDE to properly detect the .venv folder?