Ghostty 1.0 vs Warp OSS vs WezTerm: 14 Days of Daily Use — Real Latency, Memory, and Workflow Numbers

The Fastest Terminal on macOS? A 14-Day Stress Test of Ghostty, Warp, and WezTerm After 14 days of intensive, real-world testing on an M3 MacBook Pro, the performance differences between modern terminal emulators are stark. Ghostty 1.0 delivers unprecedented speed—sub-5ms P50 keystroke latency and sub-100ms cold starts—while maintaining idle memory under 60 MB. However, this raw performance comes at a cost: it's the most feature-sparse option. Developers relying on AI-powered command suggestions