feat: add experimental builds

Author: psadi

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -21,17 +21,27 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       security-events: write
       contents: write
-    name: 👻 Build Ghostty (${{ matrix.arch }})
+    name: 👻 Build Ghostty (${{ matrix.arch }})${{ matrix.experimental == true && '(experimental)' || '' }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
           - arch: aarch64
             platform: linux/arm64
             runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            experimental: false
           - arch: x86_64
             platform: linux/amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+            experimental: false
+          - arch: aarch64
+            platform: linux/arm64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            experimental: true
+          - arch: x86_64
+            platform: linux/amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+            experimental: true
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/pkgforge-dev/archlinux:latest
     steps:
@@ -68,11 +78,13 @@ jobs:
             echo "tip" > VERSION
           fi
           ./build.sh
+        env:
+          EXPERIMENTAL: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
 
       - name: Upload AppImage Artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ghostty-appimage-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          name: ghostty-appimage-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.experimental == true && '-experimental' || '' }}
           retention-days: 7
           path: /tmp/ghostty-build/Ghostty-*-${{ matrix.arch }}.AppImage*
 
@@ -124,6 +136,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ghostty-appimage-x86_64
 
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ghostty-appimage-aarch64-experimental
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ghostty-appimage-x86_64-exprimental
+
       - name: Ghostty stable
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
@@ -152,6 +172,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ghostty-appimage-x86_64
 
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ghostty-appimage-aarch64-experimental
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ghostty-appimage-x86_64-exprimental
+
       - name: Ghostty Tip ("Nightly")
         uses: softprops/[email protected]
         with:

build.sh

@@ -29,22 +29,34 @@ mkdir -p -- "${TMP_DIR}" "${APP_DIR}/share/metainfo" "${APP_DIR}/shared/lib"
 cd "${TMP_DIR}"
 
 if [ $GHOSTTY_VERSION == "tip" ]; then
-	wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz" -O ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz
-	wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz.minisig" -O ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig
-	GHOSTTY_VERSION="$(tar -tf ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz --wildcards "*zig.zon.txt" | awk -F'[-/]' '{print $2"-"$3}')"
-	mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz
-	mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz.minisig ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig
+    wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz" -O ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz.minisig" -O ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig
+    GHOSTTY_VERSION="$(tar -tf ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz --wildcards "*zig.zon.txt" | awk -F'[-/]' '{print $2"-"$3}')"
+    mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz.minisig ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig
 else
-	wget "https://release.files.ghostty.org/${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-	wget "https://release.files.ghostty.org/${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
+    wget "https://release.files.ghostty.org/${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    wget "https://release.files.ghostty.org/${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
+fi
+
+if [ $EXPERIMENTAL == true ]; then
+    BUILD_ARGS="${BUILD_ARGS}  -Dapp-runtime=glfw"
+    LIBS2BUNDLE="
+    ./bin/ghostty \
+    /usr/lib/libEGL*"
+else
+    LIBS2BUNDLE="
+    ./bin/ghostty \
+    /usr/lib/libEGL* \
+    /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/*/*"
 fi
 
 minisign -V -m "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz" -P "${PUB_KEY}" -s "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
 
 tar -xzmf "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
 rm "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
-	"ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
+    "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
 
 BUILD_DIR="ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}"
 BUILD_ARGS="${BUILD_ARGS} -Dversion-string=${GHOSTTY_VERSION}"
@@ -53,8 +65,8 @@ cd "${TMP_DIR}/${BUILD_DIR}"
 
 #Fetch Zig Cache
 if [ -f './nix/build-support/fetch-zig-cache.sh' ]; then
-	ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/offline-cache ./nix/build-support/fetch-zig-cache.sh
-	BUILD_ARGS="${BUILD_ARGS} --system /tmp/offline-cache/p"
+    ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/offline-cache ./nix/build-support/fetch-zig-cache.sh
+    BUILD_ARGS="${BUILD_ARGS} --system /tmp/offline-cache/p"
 fi
 
 # Build Ghostty with zig
@@ -72,19 +84,19 @@ ln -s "share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/com.mitchellh.ghostty.png" .
 ln -s "share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/com.mitchellh.ghostty.png" .DirIcon
 
 # bundle all libs
-xvfb-run -a -- sharun l -p -v -e -s -k \
-	./bin/ghostty \
-	/usr/lib/libEGL* \
-	/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/*/*
+xvfb-run -a -- sharun l -p -v -e -s -k ${LIBS2BUNDLE}
 
 # preload libpixbufloader /w ld-preload-open as svg icons breaks
 # either on ghostty tab bar or gnome-text-editor while config edit or both :(
-mv ./shared/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 ./
-cp -rv /opt/path-mapping.so ./shared/lib/
-cp -rv gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader_svg.so ./shared/lib/
+if [ $EXPERIMENTAL == false ]; then
+    mv ./shared/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 ./
+    cp -rv /opt/path-mapping.so ./shared/lib/
+    cp -rv gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader_svg.so ./shared/lib/
+
+    echo 'path-mapping.so' >./.preload
+    echo 'PATH_MAPPING=/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0:${SHARUN_DIR}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0' >>./.env
+fi
 
-echo 'path-mapping.so' >./.preload
-echo 'PATH_MAPPING=/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0:${SHARUN_DIR}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0' >>./.env
 echo 'GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR=${SHARUN_DIR}/share/ghostty' >>./.env
 echo 'unset ARGV0' >>./.env
 
@@ -93,8 +105,14 @@ ln -s ./bin/ghostty ./AppRun
 
 export VERSION="$(./AppRun --version | awk 'FNR==1 {print $2}')"
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-	echo "ERROR: Could not get version from ghostty binary"
-	exit 1
+    echo "ERROR: Could not get version from ghostty binary"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+GHOSTTY_APPIMAGE="Ghostty-${VERSION}-${ARCH}.AppImage"
+
+if [ $EXPERIMENTAL == true ]; then
+    GHOSTTY_APPIMAGE="Ghostty-Experimental-${VERSION}-${ARCH}.AppImage"
 fi
 
 cd "${TMP_DIR}"
@@ -111,11 +129,11 @@ sed -i 's|URUNTIME_MOUNT=[0-9]|URUNTIME_MOUNT=0|' ./uruntime-lite
 
 echo "Generating AppImage"
 ./uruntime --appimage-mkdwarfs -f \
-	--set-owner 0 --set-group 0 \
-	--no-history --no-create-timestamp \
-	--compression zstd:level=22 -S26 -B8 \
-	--header uruntime-lite -i "${APP_DIR}" \
-	-o Ghostty-"${VERSION}"-"${ARCH}".AppImage
+    --set-owner 0 --set-group 0 \
+    --no-history --no-create-timestamp \
+    --compression zstd:level=22 -S26 -B8 \
+    --header uruntime-lite -i "${APP_DIR}" \
+    -o "${GHOSTTY_APPIMAGE}"
 
 echo "Generating Zsync file"
 zsyncmake *.AppImage -u *.AppImage