v2.3.2 — now available Conterm app icon

A modern way to connect.

A terminal built on Ghostty's GPU-accelerated core, dressed in Liquid Glass chrome with splittable panes, tab groups, and a command palette built in.

Free & open source macOS 14+ Apple Silicon

01 Splits

Recursive splits.

⌘D splits right, ⌘⇧D splits down, any depth. ⌥1⌥9 jumps focus by number; dividers drag.

recursive drag-resize focus by number
~/conterm $swift build -c release
Build complete!
OK Conterm.app
~/conterm $
~ $ git status
On branch main
nothing to commit
~ $ tail -f log
[ok] ready
[wrn] slow
02 Palette

Command palette.

One launcher for commands, sessions across every window, SSH hosts, shell history, notes, tab groups, and quick "open in Finder / Cursor". Reorderable, keyboard-first.

fuzzy multi-source reorderable
⌘K switch project ↩ to run
Switch to · conterm
~/Documents/conterm
Switch SSH host · pi.local
~/.ssh/config
Switch tab group · Work
7 tabs
History · switch --branch staging
12m ago
03 Tabs

Top or sidebar tabs.

Flip orientation any time. The sidebar can auto-hide and slide back in on left-edge hover, with the native traffic lights tucked into a floating glass pill.

top / sidebar auto-hide colour-coded groups
Project
conterm
ghostty
Servers
pi.local
staging
Notes
scratch
+ new tab
~/conterm $ swift build
Building...
Build complete!
~/conterm $
04 Agents

Agent status pills.

Claude Code and opencode are detected per-pane and show a live "ready / thinking / needs you" pill at the top of the pane. Non-destructive hook install.

per-pane non-destructive claude · opencode
Claude · thinking…
opencode · ready
~ $ claude
Reading 4 files…
› Drafting plan.
~ $
05 Keys

The whole app in one card.

Conterm is keyboard-first. Everything below works from the moment you launch — no config, no learning curve.

Tabs & Panes

New tab
T
Close pane / tab
W
Split right
D
Split down
D
Jump tab N
1…9
Focus pane N
1…9

Palette & Search

Command palette
K
Search scrollback
F
Settings
,
Dismiss overlay
Esc
Quick-open dir
O
New window
N

System

Reload config
,
Toggle sidebar
S
Toggle full screen
F
Copy / Paste
C / V
Zoom font
+ /
Restore size
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Built on libghostty, Ghostty's embeddable terminal core. Conterm is an independent macOS frontend — same renderer, different chrome, opinions of its own. Not affiliated with the Ghostty project. · Read the README
06 Get it

Ready to try Conterm?

Download the latest release, drag it to Applications, and you're in.

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later Apple Silicon Glass effects need macOS 26
Conterm is ad-hoc signed (open source, not notarized through a paid Apple Developer account). On first launch, right-click the app → OpenOpen. If macOS still refuses: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Conterm.app