Show HN: Shitty – fast terminal. Memory-unsafe and faster than yours | Hacker News

A new terminal emulator called Shitty was introduced in a Hacker News Show HN post and quickly drew attention.

The project touted very fast performance and a memory-unsafe implementation, sparking debate over its benchmarks and claims.

Discussion widened to startup latency, keypress latency, command choices, and even the app’s naming.

Commenters compared it with Alacritty, Ghostty, iTerm2, GNOME Terminal, and Terminal.app.

The thread underscored continued interest in terminal speed and ergonomics, as well as how design choices shape credibility and adoption.