Fix 'xterm-ghostty' Unknown Terminal Type When SSHing

The Problem

When SSHing into remote servers from Ghostty, you may see:

'xterm-ghostty': unknown terminal type.

Ghostty sets its TERM value to xterm-ghostty, but remote servers do not include this terminfo entry.

Add this to your Ghostty config (~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty):

shell-integration-features = ssh

That's it. Ghostty will automatically transfer the terminfo entry when you SSH to remote servers.

If you prefer manual setup:

Copy terminfo to remote server:

infocmp -x xterm-ghostty | ssh user@host -- tic -x -

SSH fallback to xterm-256color:

# ~/.ssh/config
Host your-server
    SetEnv TERM=xterm-256color

Check terminfo is installed:

infocmp xterm-ghostty

Shell integration provides the cleanest approach. You will not see this error again and you won't need to manage terminfo commands for new servers.