i think that fits ghostty pretty well. it does have some extra stuff backed in such as tabs but you can disable them and let a multiplexer handle that (that’s what i did) and also remove other stuff such a window decoration and so on. allacrity is fast but no kitty support and kitty obviously has kitty support but it’s slower (it’s python) so ghostty is a pretty good middle ground. it’s written in zig which sits more or less at the same level of abstraction as rust.

this is my ghostty config if you’re interested:

# appearance
theme = tokyonight_night
window-padding-x = 5
window-padding-y = 8
window-height = 30
window-width = 90
background-image = background.png
background-image-opacity = 0.1
background-image-position = center
background-image-fit = contain
# background-image-repeat = true

# font
font-family = FiraCode Nerd Font
font-size = 11

# cursor
cursor-style = bar
cursor-style-blink = true
gtk-titlebar = false

# misc
scrollback-limit = 10000
copy-on-select = true

command = zellij