macOS Custom Icon + Persistence (#8230)

This PR aims to improve custom icons on macOS in the following ways. (I
based this PR on the discussion #3631)

### Currently
- Current Icon customizations are not persistent *(when closing the
application the icon in dock reverts back to official icon)*
- There is no officially supported way to change icon to be something
completely custom.

### After this PR
- Current icon customizations are persistent (closing the application no
longer reverts back to official icon)
- Ghostty config `macos-icon` has a new option `custom` which by default
looks for icon `~/.config/ghostty/Ghostty.icns`. It has an accompanying
new configuration `macos-custom-icon` which allows for a different path
to be specified, it does support more than just `.icns` as well.

Both changes are based on the thread with @sfsam in
https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/3631#discussioncomment-12180647

Feedback is always welcome, if I have not done something up to par
please let me know and I will do my best to correct it.

NOTE: I did notice some newlines with indents which seems to be against
convention in those files so I removed the whitespace if this is not
preferred I can revert.

---

P.S. Thanks for all the work you put into making an awesome terminal!
This commit is contained in:
Mitchell Hashimoto
2025-08-21 10:13:38 -07:00
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4 changed files with 44 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
@Published private(set) var appIcon: NSImage? = nil {
didSet {
NSApplication.shared.applicationIconImage = appIcon
let appPath = Bundle.main.bundlePath
NSWorkspace.shared.setIcon(appIcon, forFile: appPath, options: [])
NSWorkspace.shared.noteFileSystemChanged(appPath)
}
}
@@ -255,13 +258,13 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
// Setup signal handlers
setupSignals()
// If we launched via zig run then we need to force foreground.
if Ghostty.launchSource == .zig_run {
// This never gets called until we click the dock icon. This forces it
// activate immediately.
applicationDidBecomeActive(.init(name: NSApplication.didBecomeActiveNotification))
// We run in the background, this forces us to the front.
DispatchQueue.main.async {
NSApp.setActivationPolicy(.regular)
@@ -834,6 +837,13 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
case .xray:
self.appIcon = NSImage(named: "XrayImage")!
case .custom:
if let userIcon = NSImage(contentsOfFile: config.macosCustomIcon) {
self.appIcon = userIcon
} else {
self.appIcon = nil // Revert back to official icon if invalid location
}
case .customStyle:
guard let ghostColor = config.macosIconGhostColor else { break }
guard let screenColors = config.macosIconScreenColor else { break }

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@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
let key = "window-position-x"
return ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count)) ? v : nil
}
var windowPositionY: Int16? {
guard let config = self.config else { return nil }
var v: Int16 = 0
@@ -301,6 +301,24 @@ extension Ghostty {
return MacOSIcon(rawValue: str) ?? defaultValue
}
var macosCustomIcon: String {
#if os(macOS)
let homeDirURL = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
let ghosttyConfigIconPath = homeDirURL.appendingPathComponent(
".config/ghostty/Ghostty.icns",
conformingTo: .fileURL).path()
let defaultValue = ghosttyConfigIconPath
guard let config = self.config else { return defaultValue }
var v: UnsafePointer<Int8>? = nil
let key = "macos-custom-icon"
guard ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count)) else { return defaultValue }
guard let ptr = v else { return defaultValue }
return String(cString: ptr)
#else
return ""
#endif
}
var macosIconFrame: MacOSIconFrame {
let defaultValue = MacOSIconFrame.aluminum
guard let config = self.config else { return defaultValue }

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@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
case paper
case retro
case xray
case custom
case customStyle = "custom-style"
}

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@@ -2735,6 +2735,8 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
/// * `blueprint`, `chalkboard`, `microchip`, `glass`, `holographic`,
/// `paper`, `retro`, `xray` - Official variants of the Ghostty icon
/// hand-created by artists (no AI).
/// * `custom` - Use a completely custom icon. The location must be specified
/// using the additional `macos-custom-icon` configuration
/// * `custom-style` - Use the official Ghostty icon but with custom
/// styles applied to various layers. The custom styles must be
/// specified using the additional `macos-icon`-prefixed configurations.
@@ -2753,6 +2755,15 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
/// effort.
@"macos-icon": MacAppIcon = .official,
/// The absolute path to the custom icon file.
/// Supported formats include PNG, JPEG, and ICNS.
///
/// Defaults to `~/.config/ghostty/Ghostty.icns`
///
/// Note: This configuration is required when `macos-icon` is set to
/// `custom`
@"macos-custom-icon": ?[]const u8 = null,
/// The material to use for the frame of the macOS app icon.
///
/// Valid values:
@@ -6975,6 +6986,7 @@ pub const MacAppIcon = enum {
paper,
retro,
xray,
custom,
@"custom-style",
};