My config file: window-save-state = always and quit-after-last-window-closed=true
I also found that if you use comand + q to exit ghostty, the next time you start it, the position and size will be remembered.

But if I use comand + w to exit ghostty, even if I set quit-after-last-window-closed=true, even though it has already exited, the next time I open it, I still won't remember the setting and size

I look forward to this being implemented. I tend to keep my terminal in the lower left corner of my workspace. I also utilize multiple "Spaces," usually one per project. So I end up creating multiple terminal windows, at least one per Space, and, while not a deal breaker, it gets tiresome having to manually move the new window to the location I typically keep it.

@jsumners does the window-save-state config setting work for you?

window-save-state = always

window-save-state

Whether to enable saving and restoring window state. Window state includes their position, size, tabs, splits, etc.

• always will always save window state whenever Ghostty is exited.

This works for me so far.

Note this issue is different from window-save-state. That remembers windows that were open. The behavior being described in this issue is that macOS apps appear to remember the last location (not size) of windows that were focused or closed in order to open the first window on the next app startup.

Note this issue is different from window-save-state. That remembers windows that were open. The behavior being described in this issue is that macOS apps appear to remember the last location (not size) of windows that were focused or closed in order to open the first window on the next app startup.

Right. And I'm adding more information that the last focused window should also inform the position of the next new window created from the Dock icon's context menu.

Note that on a technical level we cannot make this work on Linux, at least not just for Ghostty. GTK and Wayland explicitly do not allow windows to move themselves, because in Wayland the placement of each window is solely the responsibility of the compositor/window manager, and this functionality can only be implemented there.

shell-integration = zsh
window-save-state = always
quit-after-last-window-closed=true

i used these three on config file. (i used zsh)
Worked everytime

Thanks for this information, @mitchellh. Do you know where this fits for release on your roadmap? It's one of only two things about Ghostty that are really bothering me. It's an otherwise amazing terminal. Excellent work overall.

Nothing can be released if no one PRs a fix. I do not see any PRs associated with this issue. I'm sure they'd welcome your contribution.