lapce/lapce
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 29 days ago, with 173 contributors on GitHub.
The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +23 stars on Jan 22, coincided with release nightly.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a lightning-fast, powerful code editor written in Rust with built-in LSP and modal editing support.
- Delivers high performance and responsiveness using Rope Science for text handling and wgpu for GPU-accelerated rendering.
- Use for developers seeking a fast, native Rust-based editor with Vim-like modal editing and intelligent code features.
- Use for remote development workflows requiring seamless local-like experience with built-in remote support and terminal integration.
- Use for plugin developers wanting to extend the editor using WASI-compatible languages like Rust, C, or AssemblyScript.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
Lightning-fast And Powerful Code Editor
Lapce (IPA: /læps/) is written in pure Rust, with a UI in Floem. It is designed with Rope Science from the Xi-Editor, enabling lightning-fast computation, and leverages wgpu for rendering. More information about the features of Lapce can be found on the main website and user documentation can be found on GitBook.
You can find pre-built releases for Windows, Linux and macOS here, or installing with a package manager. If you'd like to compile from source, you can find the guide.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
1.4K+47
Open issues
911+20
Compared with peers in Developer Tools
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stablyai/orca | 121.4K | +6.7K | 75 | today |
| DietrichGebert/ponytail | 188.4K | +4.4K | 75 | 12 days ago |
| affaan-m/ECC | 300.8K | +4.3K | 75 | 40 days ago |
| herdrdev/herdr | 50.0K | +2.1K | 75 | 27 days ago |
| max-sixty/worktrunk | 12.4K | +1.9K | 75 | 21 days ago |
| lapce/lapce | 39.0K | — | 58 | 29 days ago |
| Category median | 121.4K | +4.3K | 75 | — |
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