When it comes to macOS Launchers, I’m on Team Alfred. For me, it’s the Swiss Army knife of macOS utilities.
Alfred does much more than launching applications. One of my favorite features is the ability to run a terminal command directly through its interface.
By default, typing a terminal command within Alfred opens Apple’s Terminal.app and executes the command there.
I use Ghostty instead. Would it be possible to have Alfred make the switch?
Absolutely. Here’s how.
Open:
Alfred Preferences > Features > Terminal
Under Application, choose Custom.
Replace the existing AppleScript code with this:
on alfred_script(q)
tell application "Ghostty"
activate
set cfg to new surface configuration
set win to new window with configuration cfg
set term to focused terminal of selected tab of win
input text q to term
send key "enter" to term
end tell
end alfred_script
On first run, macOS may ask whether Alfred is allowed to control Ghostty. Grant the permission and you’re set.
From that point forward, every terminal command you run through Alfred will execute it inside Ghostty instead of Terminal.app.
-Krishna