helix-editor/helix
A post-modern modal text editor.
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Use Cases & Benefits
- Helix is a modern modal text editor inspired by Kakoune and Neovim, designed for efficient code editing in terminal environments.
- Key features include Vim-like modal editing, multiple selections, built-in language server support, and incremental syntax highlighting via tree-sitter.
- Written in Rust, Helix offers performance and safety benefits but currently supports indentation definitions for only certain languages.
- Organizations can integrate Helix for developer productivity in terminal-based workflows, leveraging its language server protocol for enhanced coding assistance.
- Ideal use cases include developers seeking a fast, modal, terminal text editor with advanced code editing features and extensibility in Rust.
About helix
A Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.
The editing model is very heavily based on Kakoune; during development I found myself agreeing with most of Kakoune's design decisions.
For more information, see the website or documentation.
All shortcuts/keymaps can be found in the documentation on the website.
Features
- Vim-like modal editing
- Multiple selections
- Built-in language server support
- Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter
Although it's primarily a terminal-based editor, I am interested in exploring a custom renderer (similar to Emacs) using wgpu or skulpin.
Note: Only certain languages have indentation definitions at the moment. Check
runtime/queries/<lang>/ for indents.scm.
Installation
Contributing
Contributing guidelines can be found here.
Getting help
Your question might already be answered on the FAQ.
Discuss the project on the community Matrix Space (make sure to join #helix-editor:matrix.org if you're on a client that doesn't support Matrix Spaces yet).
Credits
Thanks to @jakenvac for designing the logo!
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