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Ghostty has a Quake-like¹ mode to pop up a terminal (console) from the top of the screen, no matter where you are.

Enable it with this setting in your Ghostty config:

keybind = global:cmd+;=toggle_quick_terminal

global: is what does the “no matter where you are” magic. Even if your focus is in another application / window, the shortcut will still work. I did not test it with conflicting shortcuts, it’s better to pick an uncommon one (don’t pick Cmd + T!).

Cmd + ; seems reasonable. I am also dabbling with Cmd + Shift + Enter.

The terminal session persists. Say you open vim and then close the terminal. Upon opening it again, vim will still be there. This blog post was written from the quick terminal.