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They explain it a bit here: https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-and-useful-zig-patterns
So nothing wrong with Kitty on MacOS e.g., but the "feel" is not native. Personally don't care too much about that, but the author seems to do.
This smells like bullshit because it’s just based on things users do not see (processes) or do not care about (the style used for your tabs).
Yeah I agree the table is very odd, but the project looks awesome anyway. Some users may care about things using native widgets when it comes to theming and stuff, though I wouldn't even know what I'd call "native" on Linux. Is GTK native? Qt?
He seems to target GTK based on his statement:
https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-and-useful-zig-patterns