Why hackers moved from Cursor to Ghostty
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I just switched from running Codex in multiple tabs in Cursor to Ghostty.”archiepeach, 2026-02-02original comment ↗
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Cursor vs Ghostty
| Cursor | Ghostty | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 6 | 7 |
| Hackers who criticize | 12 | 1 |
| Moved away from it | 6 | 1 |
| Moved to it | 3 | 7 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Cursor
“Cursor / SpaceX will just have free rein to just train on your hosted code if you use Cursor Origin.”colesantiago, 2026-08-18original comment ↗
“When Cursor hijacked literally every CMD key combo, I got fed up and switched back to VSCode.”murlax, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“you shipped an app fast with Lovable / v0 / Cursor and it works, but it looks and behaves like the AI default.”jensrusi, 2026-07-01original comment ↗
“I really don’t see what Curor’s value is longer term. Why pay a middle man?”basisword, 2026-06-16original comment ↗
“I’m also not going to use Cursor as xAI plans to acquire Cursor.”dangus, 2026-05-30original comment ↗
Praise for Ghostty
“I haven't had a single bug or crash so far.”ritzaco, 2026-10-28original comment ↗
“I switched from iTerm 2 and while Ghostty is a lot faster and lighter”toxik, 2026-10-28original comment ↗
“I now use ghostty it’s faster definitely.”merb, 2026-10-27original comment ↗
“I prefer ghostty to iTerm2 now.”_joel, 2026-03-12original comment ↗
“and from iTerm to Ghostty, Claude Code essentially converted my configs in a matter of minutes”arnvald, 2026-01-10original comment ↗