Floating Terminals
Run up to 5 floating terminal panels in Empryo, powered by Ghostty's GPU-accelerated emulator. Watch logs and REPLs alongside chat, persisting across context
Overview
Empryo includes floating terminal panels powered by Ghostty's terminal emulator. Run commands, watch logs, or interact with REPLs - all without leaving the chat. Up to 5 terminals can run simultaneously.
Commands
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
/terminals | Open the terminal manager |
/terminals new | Spawn a new terminal |
/terminals close | Close a terminal |
/terminals show | Show the terminal panel |
/terminals hide | Hide the terminal panel |
/terminals rename | Rename a terminal |
How it works
The floating terminal uses Ghostty's Zig-based terminal emulator compiled to a native library. This gives you:
- Full ANSI/VT100 support
- GPU-accelerated rendering (via the native lib)
- Mouse support
- 256-color and true-color
- Proper Unicode and emoji rendering
The terminal state is managed independently from the chat - agent tool calls (shell) don't interfere with your terminal sessions.
Limits
- Maximum 5 terminals can be open at once
- Terminals persist across compaction and context resets
- Each terminal runs as an independent PTY session
Platform notes
The Ghostty native library (.dylib on macOS, .so on Linux) is included in the standalone bundle. If it's missing, Empryo starts normally - floating terminals are simply unavailable.